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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2006
Sawako Ito, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masanori Ishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Jun Sugita, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroshi Akada, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiro Inoue, Utsunomiya, JP;
Sawako Ito, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masanori Ishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Jun Sugita, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroshi Akada, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiro Inoue, Utsunomiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
An optical apparatus is disclosed which can prevent displacement of subject images due to the initializing operation of the image stabilizing unit from being seen by a photographer through a finder. The apparatus comprises an image-stabilizing unit which includes a movable unit movable for image stabilization and balls movable in conjunction with the movement of the movable unit, and a controller which controls operations of the movable unit. The controller causes the movable unit to perform a specific operation for moving the balls to a specific position within a disappearance period of a subject image in a finder for observing the subject, the specific operation being a different operation from an image stabilization operation of the image-stabilizing unit.