Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsuru Morohashi

Toshihiro Ogawa

Kohei Matsumoto

Toru Ishimasa

An optical apparatus includes first and second lens groups, a guide barrel having a straight-guiding groove, a cam barrel, and an interlocking member having a first coupling portion. The cam barrel includes a first cam groove that moves the first lens group and a second cam groove that is different from the first cam groove and moves the interlocking member. When the second lens group changes a focal length range of an optical system from a second focal length range to a first focal length range, the first lens group is moved in a direction of an optical axis by the straight-guiding groove and the first cam groove, the interlocking member is moved in the direction of the optical axis by the straight-guiding groove and the second cam groove, and the first coupling portion withdraws the second lens group to outside of an optical path of the first lens group.

Optical apparatus and image-capturing apparatus

An optical apparatus which is capable of being miniaturized is provided. The optical apparatus includes a lens unit, a drive unit configured to include a base member, a shift member, and an urging member, a cylindrical body configured to support the drive unit, and a first coupling portion configured to be coupled with the urging member. A groove along a direction of an optical axis of the lens unit is provided inside the cylindrical body. The urging member urges the shift member with respect to the base member. The first coupling portion and the groove overlap with each other when viewed from the direction of the optical axis.

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Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuru Morohashi