Patent ID: 8558902

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup element on which an image of a subject is formed; a shake detection device configured to detect a vibration applied to a main body of the image pickup apparatus; and an image blur correction device configured to perform a correction of removing an image blur of the image generated by the vibration detected by the shake detection device, the image blur correction device comprising: a holding member configured to hold the image pickup element; a first driving device configured to move the holding member in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the image pickup apparatus and move the holding member between a first position where the center of the image pickup element substantially corresponds to the optical axis and a second position where the center of the image pickup element is not located on the optical axis; a heat exhausting member arranged to be not in contact with the holding member when the holding member is located at the first position, and to be in contact with the holding member when the holding member is located at the second position; and a control device configured to drive the first driving device based on the vibration detected by the shake detection device.