Patent ID: 7092030

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus, comprising: a first optical system which turns a light axis from a first direction to a second direction; a second optical system which is disposed in the second direction with respect to said first optical system; an image pickup element that converts a subject image which passes through said first optical system and said second optical system into an electrical signal; a display screen that is disposed in a rear side of said image pickup apparatus; and a battery portion, wherein a center of a third direction of said first optical system and a center of the third direction of said second optical system are closer to a first end than the center of the center of the third direction of said image pickup apparatus and the first end that is one end of the third direction of said image pickup apparatus, the center of the second direction of said first optical system is closer to a second end than the center of the center of the second direction of said image pickup apparatus and the second end that is one end of the second direction of said image pickup apparatus, the center of the third direction of said battery portion is closer to a third end on the opposite side to said first end of said image pickup apparatus, a lengthwise direction of said battery portion is approximately parallel to said third direction and the widthwise direction is approximately parallel to said first direction when seen from the top or the bottom of the image pickup apparatus, the lengthwise direction of said battery portion is approximately parallel to said second direction and a widthwise direction is approximately parallel to said first direction when seen from the left side or the right side of said image pickup apparatus, an end of said third direction of said display screen on said third end side is closer to said third end than the center of said third direction of said image pickup apparatus, said first optical system and said second optical system are disposed in the place not to overlap said battery portion in said first direction of said image pickup apparatus, and in a place to overlap said image display screen in said first direction of said image pickup apparatus, said first direction is a direction from the front side to the rear side of said image pickup apparatus or a direction from said rear side to said front side, said second direction is a direction from the top side to the bottom side of said image pickup apparatus or a direction from said bottom side to said top side, and said third direction is a direction from the left side to the right side of said image pickup apparatus or a direction from said right side to said left side.