Patent ID: 8059158

Claim:
A photographing apparatus comprising: an image pickup device for converting light emitted to an image pickup surface into an electrical signal using photoelectric conversion; an image pickup device stage supporting the image pickup device and moving the image pickup device in a direction substantially parallel to the image pickup surface; a driving force generating portion for driving the image pickup device stage by applying a frictional driving force to an operating portion of the image pickup device stage and moving the image pickup device stage in the direction substantially parallel to the image pickup surface; a guide portion contacting the image pickup device stage and limiting the direction in which the image pickup device stage moves; a first elastically pressing portion elastically pressing the driving force generating portion to consistently bring the driving force generating portion into contact with the operating portion of the image pickup device stage to which the driving force of the driving force generating portion is applied; and a second elastically pressing portion elastically pressing the image pickup device stage in substantially the same direction as a direction in which the first elastically pressing portion elastically presses the driving force generating portion to bring the image pickup device stage into contact with the guide portion.