Patent ID: 7388604

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: image pickup means for converting an optical image formed on an image sensing plane into an electrical image signal and outputting the electrical image signal; recording means for recording the electrical image signal output from said image pickup means; detection means for detecting a vibration amount of said image pickup apparatus; correcting means for optically correcting a movement of the optical image formed on the image sensing plane by shifting an optical axis; driving means for driving said correcting means on the basis of a detection output of said detection means; and control means for controlling said driving means and said correcting means to hold an optically correcting position of said correcting means in the case that the optically correcting operation of said correcting means is stopped during a recording operation of said recording means, wherein said control means releases the held optically correcting position of said correcting means in accordance with stopping of a recording operation of said recording means.