Patent ID: 7526189

Claim:
An image stabilizer including at least one guide device which guides an image-stabilizing optical element in at least one guide direction orthogonal to an optical axis and at least one image shake counteracting driving device which moves said image-stabilizing optical element in said guide direction so as to counteract image shake, said image shake counteracting driving device comprising: at least one first moving element moved in said guide direction by at least one drive source; at least one second moving element which is guided in said guide direction to be movable relative to said first moving element, wherein said second moving element applies a moving force to a holder which holds said image-stabilizing optical element when said second moving element is moved in said guide direction by a movement of said first moving element; and a moving-element control mechanism which resiliently connects said first moving element and said second moving element to each other to allow said first moving element and said second moving element to selectively move integrally to each other and relative to each other in accordance with a magnitude of a resistance to a movement occurring between said at least one drive source and said holder.