Patent ID: 8488008

Claim:
A camera shake correcting apparatus comprising: a lens barrel unit which is provided with a photographing optical system for forming an image of reflected light from an object on an image pickup device; a first movable member which is arranged outside the photographing optical system, and which is movable with respect to the lens barrel unit along a first axis in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the photographing optical system; a first guide member fixed to the lens barrel unit for guiding the first movable member to move along the first axis outside the photographing optical system; a second movable member which is provided with the image pickup device, which is connected at one end of the first movable member, and which is movable inside or in a vicinity of the photographing optical system, along a second axis in the plane that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the photographing optical system, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis; and a second guide member disposed at the one end of the first movable member along the second axis for movably connecting the second movable member to the first movable member along the second axis and preventing the first movable member from rotating with respect to the lens barrel unit.