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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2004
Hiroshi Endo, Asaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Ito, Asaka, JP;
Takehiko Senba, Asaka, JP;
Akio Omiya, Saitama, JP;
Yasuhiko Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Endo, Asaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Ito, Asaka, JP;
Takehiko Senba, Asaka, JP;
Akio Omiya, Saitama, JP;
Yasuhiko Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a shooting apparatus which is thinner than a conventional shooting apparatus. A lens barrel is brought into an accommodated state from a shooting state by retracting at least one of lens groups constituting the shooting lens from an optical axis, and by bringing at least a portion of one of the other lens groups remaining on the optical axis or an image pickup element into a non-using state in which an opening is left opening at a predetermined opening diameter.