Patent ID: 7676901

Claim:
An attaching method of attaching a solid state pickup device including an imaging element having a light receiving surface to an electronic camera including a lens barrel, and a condenser lens supported in said lens barrel, said attaching method comprising steps of: placing said solid state pickup device in a receiving recess formed in a rear portion of said lens barrel, said receiving recess having a size larger than said solid state pickup device; and pressing said solid state pickup device in an optical axis direction of said condenser lens and a crosswise direction to said optical axis direction, for fitting and positioning a front face and part of an end face of said solid state pickup device into said receiving recess, wherein said solid state pickup device further includes a box-shaped shield glass, said imaging element further having plural contact points, said shield glass has a plate portion and a receiving surface border portion, said plate portion is disposed over said light receiving surface, and said receiving surface border portion has substantially a quadrilateral shape, and attached to said imaging element to surround said light receiving surface.