Patent ID: 7013082

Claim:
An optical apparatus comprising: a lens movable in an optical axis direction; a lens drive unit which drives the lens; a first operating member which is operated by an operator within a predetermined movable range to generate a signal for moving the lens; a first operating member drive unit which drives the first operating member within the predetermined movable range; a first operating member position detector for detecting the position of the first operating member; a second operating member which is operated to generate a signal for moving the lens; and a controller which controls the movement of the lens and the first operating member through the lens drive unit and the first operating member drive unit, respectively; wherein the controller controls the position of the lens in accordance with the position of the first operating member detected by the first operating member position detector in a case where the first operating member is operated, and the controller controls the drive of the first operating member in accordance with the movement of the lens so that correspondence between the position of the first operating member and the position of the lens becomes a predetermined correspondence in a case where the lens is driven by operating the second operating member.