Patent ID: 8314878

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus, comprising: an image pickup substrate on which an image pickup device is mounted on an object side; an optical unit having a lens for imaging an object light on the image pickup device; a blade member adjusting an amount of the object light entering into the lens; a drive unit having a motor driving the blade member; and a motor substrate supplying the motor with a drive power, wherein the optical unit is provided in the image pickup substrate, wherein the drive unit is provided in the optical unit so as to he spaced apart from the image pickup substrate, wherein the motor substrate is provided in the drive unit so as to face the image pickup substrate, the motor substrate being arranged between the motor and the image pickup substrate, wherein the image pickup substrate and the motor substrate are unbent, and wherein a conductive member having a solder electronically connects the image pickup substrate with the motor substrate and is disposed between the image pickup substrate and the motor substrate.