Patent ID: 6870691

Claim:
An image taking apparatus comprising: a zoom optical system that forms an optical image of an object with a variable magnification, the zoom optical system including an aperture stop in an optical path; a solid-state image-sensing device that has a photoreceptive surface on which the solid-state image-sensing device receives the optical image formed by the zoom optical system, the solid-state image-sensing device converting the optical image into an electrical image signal to output the electrical image signal; a shutter that shuts off with predetermined timing the optical image incident on the photoreceptive surface of the solid-state image-sensing device, the shutter being disposed on an optical axis of the zoom optical system but at a different position from the aperture stop included therein, the shutter being kept stationary relative to the solid-state image-sensing device during zooming; and an optical member that has an optical power and constitutes part of the zoom optical system, the optical member being disposed closer to the solid-state image-sensing device than the shutter is.