Patent ID: 8204373

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a motor configured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction; a shutter charge mechanism configured to perform a charge operation of a shutter in a case when the motor rotates in the first direction; a flash pop-up mechanism configured to move a flash to an up state in a case when the motor rotates in the second direction; a state detector configured to detect the up state of the flash; a clutch mechanism configured to decouple a transmission between the motor and the flash pop-up mechanism in a case when the motor rotates in the first direction, and configured to decouple a transmission between the motor and the shutter charge mechanism in a case when the motor rotates in the second direction; and a controller configured to control the motor so that the motor rotates in the first direction to drive the shutter charge mechanism in a case when the state detector detects the up state of the flash after the motor rotates in the second direction to drive the flash pop-up mechanism.