Patent ID: 8427540

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a first member holding a lens, the first member having a recess portion in an outer side surface thereof; and a second member holding an image pickup element converting an image formed via the lens into an electric signal, the second member having a rectangular shape and two arc-shaped location cutout portions at respective diagonal corners of the rectangular shape, wherein the first and the second members are bonded via an indirect bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded via a fixing member with an ultraviolet curable adhesive and a filler bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded by supplying a thermosetting adhesive therebetween, wherein the fixing member includes a cross section of an L-shape, and wherein the first member and the second member are respectively disposed such that an outer edge of the second member does not project beyond the recess portion in the outer side surface of the first member in an outward direction.