Patent ID: 7860383

Claim:
An imaging device having an operating state and a retracted state, comprising: an axial-direction moving member which moves from a forward position to a rearward position in an optical axis direction when said imaging device changes from said operating state to retracted state; an in-plane moving optical element movable in a plane orthogonal to said optical axis; a controller which moves said in-plane moving optical element in said orthogonal plane to a reference position when said image device changes from said operating state to said retracted state; and a mechanical guide device, provided between said axial-direction moving member and said in-plane moving optical element, wherein, in a state where said in-plane moving optical element is deviated from said reference position, said mechanical guide device guides said in-plane moving optical element to said reference position by using a moving force of said axial-direction moving member when said axial-direction moving member moves from said forward position to said rearward position.