Patent ID: 8203612

Claim:
A camera comprising: a lens optical system having a plurality of lens elements; a lens moving device for moving at least one of said plurality of lens elements along an optical axis of said lens optical system, toward an object side to elongate a total length of said lens optical system in a lens protruding operation, or toward an image side to shorten the total length of said lens optical system in a lens collapsing operation; a shake detection device for detecting a shake of said camera; a movable device movable in a perpendicular plane to the optical axis of said lens optical system, said movable device being used for compensating for a deviation of an optical image formed through said lens optical system, the deviation resulting from the shake of said camera; a first control device for moving said movable device to an inserted position inserted in an optical path of said lens optical system with said lens protruding operation, or to a removed position out of said optical path with said lens collapsing operation; and a second control device that calculates an amount and direction of movement of said movable device necessary for canceling the deviation of said optical image when said shake detection device detects the shake, said second control device causing said movable device to move by said calculated amount in said calculated direction; wherein said movable device is an image sensor that takes the optical image as an electrical signal, and said second control device comprises first and second linear displacing devices that cause said image sensor to move in two directions which are orthogonal to each other in said perpendicular plane to the optical axis.