Image pickup apparatus

Abstract

Disclosed is a picture-taking apparatus including an apparatus main body and a remote control device for controlling the apparatus main body, wherein the apparatus main body includes an image-pickup optical system having a plurality of movable optical elements, an actuator for moving the plurality of optical elements, a first optic operating member for instructing movement of the plurality of optical elements, an image-pickup unit having an image pickup device for photoelectrically converting light from the image-pickup optical system, a first image-pickup operation member for instructing image-pickup operation of the image-pickup unit, a picture-taking direction operation unit for controlling a picture-taking direction of the apparatus main body, (vii) a picture-taking direction driving unit for moving the apparatus main body into the picture-taking direction, and an apparatus-main-body-side communication unit for enabling communication with the remote control device, and wherein the remote control device includes a second optic operating member for instructing movement of the plurality of optical elements of the image-pickup optical system, a second image-pickup operation member for instructing image-pickup operation of the image pickup unit, a picture-taking direction operation member for instructing a picture-taking direction to the picture-taking direction driving unit, and a remote-control-device-side communication unit for enabling communication with the apparatus main body.