Patent ID: 8537275

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: an optical unit configured to bend a light flux incident from an object and thereby guide the light flux toward a grip side of the image pickup apparatus; a chassis member configured to fix said optical unit; a first exterior member configured to cover a front of the image pickup apparatus, said first exterior member being disposed so that said optical unit is positioned substantially between said chassis member and said first exterior member; an image pickup element disposed on the grip side of the image pickup apparatus; a second exterior member configured to cover the grip side of the image pickup apparatus; and a heat conductive member configured to conduct heat from said image pickup element, said heat conductive member being disposed between said image pickup element and second exterior member, said heat conductive member being heat-conductively coupled to said chassis member and said first exterior member, wherein the thermal conductivity of said second exterior member is smaller than thermal conductivity of each of said chassis member, said first exterior member, and said heat conductive member.