Patent ID: 7283315

Claim:
A lens apparatus comprising: a fixed member which constitute a body of the apparatus; first and second lens holding members which hold respective lens units and are movable in a direction of an optical axis with respect to the fixed member; and a driving member which engages the first and second lens holding members and drives the first and second lens holding members in the direction of the optical axis, wherein the fixed member is provided with a support portion which supports the first lens holding member in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and the second lens holding member is provided with a first supported portion which is supported by the first lens holding member in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and a second supported portion which is positioned away from the first supported portion in the optical direction and is supported by the fixed member in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and the first supported portion and the second supported portion are located at least two locations around the optical axis, and the support portion provided in the fixed member and the first supported portion provided in the second lens holding member engage with a same groove portion formed in the first lens holding member in such a way as to extend in the direction of the optical axis.