Patent ID: 7564483

Claim:
An anti-shake apparatus of a photographing apparatus, comprising: a movable unit that has one of an imaging device and a hand-shake correcting lens, and that can be moved in first and second directions, said first direction being perpendicular to an optical axis of a photographing lens of said photographing apparatus, and said second direction being perpendicular to said optical axis and to said first direction; a fixed unit that slidably supports said movable unit for movement in both said first and second directions; an indicating unit that indicates an image imaged by said imaging device; and a control apparatus that controls movement of said movable unit and that detects a position of said movable unit; said control apparatus prohibiting indicating of said image on said indicating unit, from when said photographing apparatus is set to an ON state, until said movable unit has reached a specified point within a movement range of said movable unit, wherein said specified point is the center of said movement range; and said movable unit is located at said specified point, when a center area of said imaging device or said hand-shake correcting lens which is included in said movable unit, is located on said optical axis.