Patent ID: 7483219
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus, comprising: a first optical system comprising at least one lens disposed on a first optical axis and capturing a luminous flux from a subject along the first optical axis; a reflective optical element that folds the luminous flux passed through the first optical system toward a direction along a second optical axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first optical axis; a second optical system comprising a plurality of lenses disposed on the second optical axis; a first driver that drives the first optical system; and a second driver that drives the second optical system, wherein at the end of an operation of the imaging apparatus, while the first optical system is driven in a direction of the reflective optical element along the first optical axis, the second optical system is driven to an initial angle of view position where the second optical system is to be present at the start of the operation.