Patent ID: 8643733

Claim:
An imaging apparatus that is capable of changing a photographic screen range using a compensation member which compensates image blur caused by camera shake, the imaging apparatus comprising: a direction instructing operation unit configured to instruct a direction of a change in the photographic screen range; a first drive unit configured to drive the compensation member in a first direction not parallel to the optical axis of a photographing optical system; a second drive unit configured to drive the compensation member in a second direction not parallel to the optical axis and orthogonal to the direction of the first direction; and a control unit configured to control the first drive unit and the second drive unit in accordance with an operation instruction given by the direction instructing operation unit, wherein, when the direction instructed by the direction instructing operation unit does not match any of the first direction and the second direction, the control unit matches a drive start time and a drive end time of both the first drive unit and the second drive unit, and controls the ratio of the speed of the second drive unit to the speed of the first drive unit at a constant level.