Patent ID: 6963366

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus having a camera body and a lens unit, comprising: a ring member for driving the lens unit; detection means for detecting a change amount of a rotation of said ring member; control means, arranged in the lens unit, for performing motion/stop control of at least the lens unit along an optical axis in accordance with a detection result by said detection means; and motion direction setting means, arranged in the camera body, for a user to set a desired motion direction of the lens unit relative to the rotation direction of said ring member, wherein said motion direction setting means arranged in said camera body comprises character display means, display means for displaying an image picked up by said image pickup apparatus, a menu function unit for controlling said character display means, and an operation switch that controls said menu function unit in accordance with an operation state thereof to display a predetermined menu on a display screen of said display means, operates on the predetermined menu displayed on said display means to select a desired setting item from among a plurality of items of the predetermined menu displayed on said display means by said menu function unit and sets a condition regarding the motion direction of the lens unit.