Patent ID: 7872820

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a first lens group that is movably disposed on an object side on a first optical axis; a second lens group that is movably disposed inward of the first lens group on the first optical axis, second lens group comprising a plurality of lenses, a drive frame drivingly controlled along the first optical axis, and a lens holding frame for holding the plurality of lenses; and a reflective optical element that is disposed on the first optical axis, and is configured to bend a light flux incident thereon along the first optical axis to thereby guide the light flux along a second optical axis, and to be retracted along the second optical axis when the image pickup apparatus is brought to a non-shooting state, wherein the lens holding frame has an abutment portion which is urged by the first lens group for retraction when the image pickup apparatus is brought to the non-shooting state, and wherein when the image pickup apparatus is in the non-shooting state, at least the second lens group is accommodated, for retraction, in a space defined by the drive frame and a rear part of the lens holding frame, and a space which the reflective optical element occupies when the image pickup apparatus is in a shooting state.