Patent ID: 8587715

Claim:
A sound pickup device for an imaging apparatus including an objective lens and a camera casing having a front provided with the objective lens, the sound pickup device comprising: first and second microphone holders fixed to the camera casing and each having an inner wall surface neighboring and facing a surface of the camera casing; and first and second microphone units held by the first and second microphone holders respectively; wherein the first and second microphone holders are located at left and right sides of the camera casing respectively while being separated from each other in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the objective lens; wherein the surface of the camera casing forms a sound reflecting surface which reflects incoming sound from a sound source, and which neighbors and faces the inner wall surface of each of the first and second microphone holders; and wherein each of the first and second microphone units has a sound pickup surface facing the sound reflecting surface to pick up the sound reflected by the sound reflecting surface.