Patent ID: 8400563

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: an optical housing having a generally flat shape, which includes an optical system for guiding an entering photographic object light to an image pickup device located on an optical axis and forming an optical image; a camera main body having a containing portion configured to contain the optical housing such that the optical housing can be displaced; and a shock absorbing member formed in a shape of a thin flat plate having a thickness of about 0.5 mm to 1 mm, and contained in the containing portion of the camera main body in a state fixed to an inner surface side of the containing portion of the camera main body and an outer surface of the flat optical housing, wherein, when an external shock force is applied to the camera main body, the optical housing is displaced along an inner surface of the containing portion of the camera main body, to shear-deform the shock absorbing member formed in the shape of the thin flat plate having the thickness of about 0.5 mm to 1 mm, to thereby absorb the displacement of the optical housing by the shear deformation of the shock absorbing member formed in the shape of the thin flat plate having the thickness of about 0.5 mm to 1 mm.