Patent ID: 8400562

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: an optical housing having a generally flat shape, which includes an optical system for guiding an entering photographic object light to an image pickup device located on an optical axis and forming an optical image; a camera main body having a containing portion configured to contain the optical housing such that the optical housing can be displaced; a shock absorbing member, one surface of which is fixed onto an outer surface of the flat optical housing; and a thin plate, one surface of which is fixed onto the other surface of the shock absorbing member, and the other surface of which is arranged with respect to an inner surface of the containing portion of the camera main body with a movement of the thin plate being restricted, wherein, when an external shock force is applied to the camera main body, the flat optical housing is displaced with respect to the thin plate whose movement is restricted, on the inner surface of the containing portion of the camera main body, to shear-deform the shock absorbing member, and the displacement of the optical housing is absorbed by the shear deformation of the shock absorbing member.