Patent ID: 8085306

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an image pickup device configured to receive a subject image entering through a photographing optical system, to image the subject image on a light receiving surface having a plurality of pixels, and to convert the subject image into an electric signal; a moving part configured to move the image pickup device, the moving part configured to retain the image pickup device movably in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis direction of the photographing optical system, the moving part including a guide shaft, a shaft bearing and an image pickup device fixing member to fix the image pickup device thereto, the shaft bearing having a shaft hole in which the guide shaft is inserted, the shaft hole having at least two wall surfaces; a controller configured to control the moving part to move the image pickup device; and a biasing part configured to generate a biasing force to bias the image pickup device fixing member to bring the wall surfaces of the shaft hole into contact with the guide shaft.