Patent ID: 7933076

Claim:
An imaging apparatus capable of photographing a subject, comprising: a camera main body having a front face provided so as to face the subject side when photographing the subject; a first optical system that has a first optical axis and guides light from the subject to the camera main body; a bending optical system that is disposed on the first optical axis and bends light guided by the first optical system in a direction along a second optical axis that intersects the first optical axis; a second optical system that has the second optical axis; an imaging element that converts an optical image of the subject emitted from the second optical system into an image signal, and a lens barrel that is a member that supports the first optical system, the second optical system, and the bending optical system, the lens barrel having a main body part that extends along the second optical axis and a protruding part that extends from the main body part along the first optical axis; wherein the second optical axis is inclined with respect to the front face such that the farther away from the first optical axis, the smaller a distance from the front face of the camera main body.