Patent ID: 8345111

Claim:
An image capturing device, comprising: a rectangular image capturing element which has long sides and short sides; an image capturing optical system which forms an image of a subject on the rectangular image capturing element, wherein the image capturing optical system is configured with a bent optical system structured of lenses and a mirror; a first driving device which moves the rectangular image capturing element in a first direction in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the image capturing optical system, wherein the first direction is slanted by a predetermined angle excluding 0 degrees and 90 degrees from the long side and the short side of an outer shape of the rectangular image capturing element; and a second driving device which moves the rectangular image capturing element in a second direction in the plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the image capturing optical system, but the second direction differs from the first direction, wherein the second direction is slanted by a predetermined angle excluding 0 degrees and 90 degrees from the long side and the short side of the outer shape of the rectangular image capturing element; wherein at least a part of the first driving device and at least a part of the second driving device are provided with an area on which an outer shape of the rectangular image capturing element is to be projected in a direction of the optical axis, wherein the area is at a backside of the rectangular image capturing element.