Patent ID: 6937816
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A shooting apparatus which images a subject light on an image pickup element to produce an image signal, comprising: a lens barrel which incorporates, therein, a shooting lens comprising a plurality of lens groups, a length of the lens barrel can be changed between an accommodated state having a relatively short barrel length and a shooting state having a relatively long barrel length, wherein the lens barrel comprises: a lens retracting mechanism which allows at least one of the lens groups to retract from a shooting optical axis when the lens barrel is brought into the accommodated state, and which allows the retracted lens group to advance to the shooting optical axis when the lens barrel is brought into the shooting state; and a light amount control member which is in a using state in which an amount of shooting light passing through the shooting lens is controlled when the lens barrel is in the shooting state, and which is in non-using state in which an opening is left opening at a predetermined opening diameter when the lens barrel is in the accommodated state, and which receives at least one of the lens groups in the opening when the lens barrel is in the accommodated state.