Patent ID: 8094200
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A lens apparatus in which light entering a lens barrel from an external source is incident to an optoelectric converting element for image recording, the lens apparatus comprising: a filter frame configured to include a filter that absorbs a specific range of wavelengths of light passing through an optical path of the lens apparatus; a filter driving unit that moves the filter frame to position the filter at a first position that is on the optical path or at a second position that is away from the optical path; and a filter housing structure that establishes a filter frame moving region in which the filter frame is arranged and moves, and that blocks an incidence of light from a source other than the optical path to the filter frame moving region, wherein the lens barrel includes a plurality of lenses, and the filter housing structure is arranged between the lenses, wherein the filter housing structure includes: