Patent ID: 8675120

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a multi-focal lens system that includes a multi-focal lens group continuously movable between a wide-angle focal length extremity and a telephoto focal length extremity; and a manual focusing lens system that includes a focusing lens group, which changes an image plane position by linearly moving said focusing lens group in an optical axis direction thereof via a manual operation of a focusing operational member, said manual focusing lens system comprising: a click-stop mechanism which holds said focusing operational member at one of a plurality of click-stop positions with respect to a support member, which supports said focusing operational member, while maintaining an operating status of an operating member of the multi-focal lens group and while providing for the movement of the focusing lens group in the optical axis direction, wherein an amount of movement of said image plane position in the optical axis direction per one click-stop position of the focusing operational member via said click-stop mechanism is determined to be within a range of the depth of focus of said lens system of said imaging apparatus.