Patent ID: 8014082

Claim:
A lens unit comprising: a lens group arrayed in an optical-axis direction; a lens holder on which the lens group is mounted and which is movable along a shaft parallel to the optical axis; a shutter unit which is secured to the lens holder and which moves along with the lens holder; a driving section which is mounted on the shutter unit and which drives a light amount control section provided on the shutter unit so that the light amount control section performs a light amount control operation; and an interconnection which has flexibility and which supplies power to the driving section, wherein a first end portion of the interconnection, which is a driving section-side end, is placed between the lens holder and the shutter unit, wherein the interconnection is bent, in proximity to the first end portion at an end portion of the shutter unit, toward a subject side of the lens unit so as to extend toward the subject side, and is then curved halfway so as to extend toward an image pickup side of the lens unit.