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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2002
Shohei Sakamoto, Fussa, JP;
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed an image pickup apparatus having a lens barrel which is sinkable into the apparatus body, and is controlled, if necessary, not to sink into the body even when the power is switched off The image pickup apparatus has a power key which switches on/off the power in accordance with a key operation, an instruction key which instructs a power source off state in which the lens barrel does not sink into the body, a storage unit which stores positions of lenses constituting a lens optical system when an instruction is given by the instruction key, and a control unit which switches off the power without sinking the lens barrel into the body in accordance with an instruction by the instruction key, and checks or adjusts positions of the lenses based on the positions stored in the storage unit when the power is switched on.