Patent ID: 7253839

Claim:
An electronic camera comprising: a photographic lens configured to form an object image; an image sensing element configured to photoelectrically convert the formed object image; a light guiding device configured to guide incident light from an object, which is incident from the photographic lens, to a first optical path to the image sensing element and a second optical path different from the first optical path; an optical filter disposed between the light guiding device and the image sensing element; and a filter holding member which is made of an elastic material and holds the optical filter; wherein the filter holding member comprises: a first portion that surrounds and holds an outer-diameter portion of the optical filter; a second portion that forms a closed space between the optical filter and the light guiding device; and a third portion that forms a closed space between the optical filter and the image sensing element; wherein the second portion is connected to the first portion and intimately contacts a surface of the light guiding device that faces the optical filter, so as to surround the first optical path; wherein the third portion is connected to the first portion and intimately contacts a surface of the image sensing element that faces the optical filter, so as to surround the first optical path; and wherein the filter holding member comprises first and second members that are split with respect to each other and which are adjacent to each other along the first optical axis, wherein the first and second members include the second and third portions, respectively, and wherein the first and second members intimately contact each other.