Patent ID: 7544004

Claim:
A lens barrel, comprising: a lens mount for holding a lens in a barrel; a guide shaft extending parallel to an optical axis of the lens within the barrel and connected to the lens mount for guiding the lens mount along the optical axis; and a support operable to support opposite ends of the guide shaft in its extending direction within the barrel, the support including: a support unit operable to support at least one of the opposite ends of the guide shaft, the support unit including a hole provided in the barrel, and a bearing member attached from the exterior of the barrel into the hole and being removable therefrom, the bearing member being rotatable about a center axis of the hole, the bearing member including: a shaft inserted into the hole, and a bearing hole provided in the shaft, with one end of the guide shaft being inserted into the bearing hole, a center axis of the bearing hole being eccentric from a center axis of the shaft, an angle of eccentricity between the center axis of the bearing hole and the center axis of the shaft being substantially equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to a tilt angle of the lens with respect to the optical axis.