Patent ID: 7848627

Claim:
A photographic apparatus comprising: a movable platform which has an imager that captures an optical image through a taking lens, and is movable and rotatable in an xy plane perpendicular to an optical axis of said taking lens; and a controller that performs a movement control of said movable platform for a translational movement and an inclination correction, during an imaging operation by said imager that commences when a shutter release switch is set to the ON state; said translational movement including at least one of a first stabilization for correcting hand shake caused by yaw around the y direction and a second stabilization for correcting hand shake caused by pitch around the x direction, said x direction being perpendicular to said optical axis, said y direction being perpendicular to said x direction and said optical axis; said inclination correction being based on an inclination angle of said photographic apparatus formed by rotation of said photographic apparatus around said optical axis, as measured with respect to a level plane perpendicular to the direction of gravitational force; said controller performing said inclination correction based on said inclination angle that is calculated before said imaging operation commences.