Patent ID: 8116619

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a fixed frame; an image pickup optical system having a focus lens group and a zoom lens group; a focus lens holding frame holding the focus lens group; a zoom lens holding frame holding the zoom lens group; a focus driving unit provided on an outer peripheral portion of the fixed frame, and including a focus motor for focus driving of the focus lens group and a rotation transmitting mechanism of the focus motor; a zoom driving unit provided on the outer peripheral portion of the fixed frame and including a zoom motor for zoom driving of the zoom lens group and a rotation transmitting mechanism of the zoom motor; an image pickup device that receives an optical image formed via the image pickup optical system; a base member that is coupled to the fixed frame, and supports the image pickup device displaceably in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a plane parallel to a light receiving surface of the image pickup device; a first driving section provided on the base member, and including a first motor that drives the image pickup device in the first direction; and a second driving section including a second motor that drives the image pickup device in the second direction, wherein the base member includes a first corner portion in which at least the first driving section or the second driving section is mounted, a second corner portion in which the second driving section or the first driving section is mounted, a third corner portion located on a side opposite to the first corner portion via an optical axis of the image pickup optical system, and having a notch that a protruding portion from the fixed frame of the focus driving unit enters, and a fourth corner portion located on a side opposite to the second corner portion via the optical axis of the image pickup optical system, the zoom driving unit is configured so that the zoom motor is placed between the first driving section and the second driving section in an optical axis direction of the image pickup optical system with respect to the fixed frame, and the rotation transmitting mechanism of the zoom motor is placed overlapping the first driving section or the second driving section on a side closer to a subject of the image pickup optical system than the first driving section or the second driving section, and a member placement escape portion is formed in the fourth corner portion of the base member.