Patent ID: 8179447

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an image sensor photoelectrically converting an image of a subject into an electric signal; an optical photographic system forming the image of the subject on an imaging plane of the image sensor; a lens barrel containing the optical photographic system and being extendable in a direction of an optical axis of the optical photographic system; a frame member movably supporting the image sensor in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis; a blur correction unit correcting a blur in the image due to hand shake by moving the frame member in the plane perpendicular to the optical axis; a retainer unit retaining the frame member in one of the optical axis direction and a direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and a base member disposed in a periphery of the frame member, wherein: the frame member has a recess; and the retainer unit comprises a retention lever mounted on the base member, extending to a periphery of the frame member and having, on one end thereof, a protrusion for engagement with the recess, and a driver unit moving the retention lever to engage the recess and protrusion and to release the engagement therebetween.