Patent ID: 8355076

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: an optical housing having a generally flat shape, which includes an optical system for guiding an entering photographic object light to an image pickup device located on an optical axis and forming an optical image; a camera main body having a containing portion configured to contain the optical housing such that the optical housing can be displaced; a plate form holding member fixed to the camera main body from an opposite side of the containing portion of the optical housing so as to sandwich the optical housing contained in the containing portion of the camera main body between the holding member and an inner surface of the containing portion; and a shock absorbing section, one surface of which is fixed to an outer surface of the optical housing and the other surface of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the containing portion of the camera main body, the inner surface side facing an outer surface of the optical housing, wherein, when an external shock force is not applied to the camera main body, the optical housing is pressed by the plate form holding member in a direction of the inner surface of the containing portion with respect to the camera main body to thereby restrict movement of the optical housing, and when an external force is applied to the camera main body in a state where the optical housing is pressed by the plate form holding member in the direction of the inner surface of the containing portion and movement of the optical housing is restricted, the optical housing is displaced in the containing portion with respect to the camera main body and the plate form holding member by shear deformation of the shock absorbing section, to thereby absorb a shock to the optical housing by a shear force generated at the time of the displacement.