Patent ID: 7760266
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera which includes, in a body frame of the camera, a shifting mechanism that moves an image pickup substrate mounted with an image pickup device in parallel on an optical axis orthogonal surface and which is configured so as to adjust perspective of a screen to be imaged on an image pickup device by shifting the image pickup substrate by the shifting mechanism, wherein the shifting mechanism comprises a right and left pair of longitudinal racks arranged in both right and left end neighborhood on the surface or the backside of the image pickup substrate, and one horizontal pinion shaft supported on the body frame side, for engaging with the right and left pair of longitudinal racks, and the right and left pair of longitudinal racks is fitted to a rack mounting groove formed on the surface or the backside of the image pickup substrate, and is biased to a lifting direction by a spring arranged in the rack mounting groove to come in elastic contact with the horizontal pinion shaft.