JP2005045293A - Digital camera - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital camera designed to attain a low profile. <P>SOLUTION: A reflecting member for reflecting an object light made incident via a photographing lens toward a solid-state imaging element changes its position or its direction in an operating state wherein the reflecting member is obliquely directed to the optical axis of the photographing lens to reflect the object light made incident via the photographing lens toward the solid-state imaging element in an photographing state wherein a lens barrel is extended or in a nonuse state escaped from the operating state when the lens barrel shifts from the photographing state into a contained state being a collapsed state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a digital camera that captures subject light and generates an image signal.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, in addition to a conventional type of camera that takes a picture on a silver salt film, a solid-state image pickup device such as a CCD image pickup device or a MOS image pickup device is provided, and an object is imaged on the solid-state image pickup device to generate an image signal Types of digital cameras are rapidly spreading.
[0003]
In this digital camera as well, there is a strong demand for improvement in portability as well as improvement in shooting performance. In particular, by making the focal length variable, it is possible to shoot at a desired angle of view and to be convenient for carrying. Built-in shooting lens composed of a plurality of lens groups, when not shooting, retracted in the camera housing so that the distance between the plurality of lens groups constituting the shooting lens is less than the minimum required for shooting, At the time of shooting, there is a lens barrel of a type that is extended from the camera housing so that the distance between the plurality of lens groups is a distance required for shooting (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0004]
In a digital camera equipped with the lens barrel described above, the lens group, light quantity control members such as a shutter and an aperture, and a solid-state image sensor, etc., are retracted by retracting them as close as possible to each other on the photographing optical axis. The camera body is made thinner at the time of shooting.
[0005]
Further, a proposal has been made to further reduce the thickness of the solid-state imaging device on the photographing optical axis during photographing by retracting it from the photographing optical axis when retracted (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-10-288873 [Patent Document 2]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-116028
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
On the other hand, for photorefractive type digital cameras, there is a proposal on how to solve the problem caused by refracting the subject light, that is, the problem that the dimension in the width direction and the vertical direction becomes large although it becomes thinner in the thickness direction. Although many have been made, no proposal has been made to realize further thinning.
[0008]
In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera that is devised to be thin.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a digital camera of the present invention provides:
In digital cameras that capture subject light and generate image signals,
A lens barrel that houses a photographic lens and is capable of changing the tube length between a relatively short tube length storage state and a relatively long tube length shooting state;
A solid-state imaging device arranged in a direction different from the optical axis direction of the photographing lens;
A reflecting member that reflects the subject light incident via the photographing lens toward the solid-state imaging device;
The reflecting member reflects the subject light incident through the photographing lens toward the solid-state imaging element while being inclined with respect to the optical axis of the photographing lens when the lens barrel is in the photographing state. The lens barrel is in a use state, and when the lens barrel shifts from the photographing state to the storage state, the position or orientation is changed from the use state to a non-use state.
[0010]
In a digital camera equipped with a lens barrel, a so-called photorefractive system is adopted, in which the photographic light that has passed through the photographic lens is reflected by a reflecting member toward the solid-state image sensor provided at the bottom of the camera body, for example. In order to reduce the thickness of the camera body when retracted, the reflecting members provided in these lenses are used with respect to the optical axis of the photographing lens even when the lens barrel is moved to the retracted state. Although the angle and position remain in the shooting state, in the digital camera of the present invention, when the lens barrel is shifted from the shooting state to the retracted state, the angle or position of the reflecting member is changed from the use state to the use state. Change from the saved state to the unused state. Therefore, according to the digital camera of the present invention, the lens barrel can be retracted to the rear side of the camera more than the conventional case in which the reflecting member is fixedly disposed in the same state as in the photographing state even when stored. In addition, the camera body can be made thinner.
[0011]
Here, the reflection member is supported so as to be rotatable or movable between the use state and the non-use state, and is urged to change to the use state. The member may be pushed by a photographic lens that moves as the lens barrel moves from the photographing state to the housed state and changes to the non-use state.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
[0013]
1 and 2 are external perspective views of the digital camera according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
[0014]
FIG. 1 shows a retracted state of a lens barrel 100 incorporating a zoom lens in the digital camera 1 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows a state in which the lens barrel 100 of the digital camera 1 is extended. It is shown.
[0015]
The lens barrel 100 of the digital camera 1 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 incorporates a photographing lens composed of two groups as will be described later. In the digital camera 1, a plurality of predetermined lens steps are determined. At the zoom stage (stepwise multiple zoom magnifications), focus adjustment is performed by changing the relative distance between the lens groups.
[0016]
An auxiliary light emission window 12 and a viewfinder objective window 13 are arranged at the upper front of the digital camera 1 shown in FIGS. A shutter button 14 is disposed on the upper surface of the digital camera 1.
[0017]
A zoom operation switch is provided on the rear surface (not shown) of the digital camera 1. When one of the zoom operation switches is pressed, the lens barrel 100 is extended to the telephoto side while the button is being pressed, and the zoom operation switch is When the other is pressed, the lens barrel 100 moves to the wide-angle side while continuing to press. The digital camera 1 is of a type that will be described later in detail, and reflects the subject light to a solid-state image sensor by reflecting it with a reflecting member.
[0018]
3 is a longitudinal sectional view along the optical axis S in the maximum extended state of the lens barrel of the digital camera shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and FIG. 4 is a retracted state of the same lens barrel as in FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view along the optical axis S. FIG.
[0019]
The lens barrel 100 is formed with an opening 102 through which the photographing lens 110 can be seen, and on the rear side, a wall member 103 fixed to the camera body or constituting a part of the camera body is disposed. The outline of the internal space 101 of the trunk 100 is defined by the wall member 103 and a plurality of cylinders described later. The lens barrel 100 shown in FIG. 3 includes a shutter unit 179 disposed on the front side in the optical axis direction of the rear group lens 112, a lens mirror, in addition to the photographing lens 110 including the front group lens 111 and the rear group lens 112. A reflecting member 120 having a lower end attached to a wall member 103 that defines the rear end of the body 100 in the optical axis direction, and a CCD image sensor 130 that is also attached to the wall member 103 below the reflecting member 120 are provided. 3 is retractable between the maximum extended state shown in FIG. 3 and the retracted state shown in FIG.
[0020]
Here, the operation of the lens barrel 100 will be described with reference to FIG.
[0021]
A fixed cylinder 140 is fixed to the wall member 103, and a rotating cylinder 150 is provided inside the fixed cylinder 140. The rotary cylinder 150 is provided with a gear (not shown) meshed with a columnar gear (not shown) on the outer periphery thereof, and the columnar gear is rotationally driven by a lens barrel drive motor (not shown). The rotating cylinder 150 rotates. A cam groove 141 is formed on the inner wall of the fixed cylinder 140, and a cam pin 152 fixed to the rotary cylinder 150 is fitted into the cam groove 141. Therefore, the rotary cylinder 150 has a columnar gear. When a rotational driving force is received through the optical axis, the optical disk moves forward or backward in the optical axis direction while rotating.
[0022]
In addition, a rotary cylinder side linear key ring 154 is provided inside the rotary cylinder 150 so as to be rotatable with respect to the rotary cylinder 150, but not relatively movable in the optical axis direction with respect to the rotary cylinder 150. Further, a key plate 155 is fixed to the rotary cylinder side rectilinear key ring 154, and the key plate 155 is fitted into a key groove 142 formed on the inner wall of the fixed cylinder 140 and extending in the optical axis direction. The rotary cylinder side linear key ring 154 is prevented from rotating by the fixed cylinder 140 in the optical axis direction. Therefore, when the rotary cylinder 150 moves in the optical axis direction while rotating, the rotary cylinder-side linear key ring 154 is not rotated because it is prevented from rotating with respect to the fixed cylinder 140, but in the optical axis direction, the rotary cylinder 150 is not rotated. Move with.
[0023]
A rotatable intermediate cylinder 160 is provided inside the rotary cylinder 150. A cam groove 156 is formed on the inner wall of the rotary cylinder 150, and a cam groove 157 is formed in the rotary cylinder side linear key ring 154 so as to penetrate the outer periphery and the inner periphery thereof. In the groove 156, a cam pin 161 provided in the intermediate cylinder 160 is inserted through the cam groove 157 of the rotary cylinder-side linear advance key ring 154. Therefore, when the rotary cylinder 150 rotates and moves in the optical axis direction, the intermediate cylinder 160 also rotates in accordance with the shape of the cam groove of the rotary cylinder 150 and the rotary cylinder-side linear key ring 154, and further relative to the rotary cylinder 150. Move in the direction of the optical axis.
[0024]
An intermediate cylinder side straight key ring 164 is provided inside the intermediate cylinder 160. A straight key 158 is formed in the fixed cylinder side straight key ring 154 described above, and the intermediate cylinder side straight key ring 164 is fitted in the straight key 158 of the fixed cylinder side straight key ring 154. The intermediate cylinder side rectilinear key ring 164 is relatively rotatable with respect to the intermediate cylinder 160, while relative movement in the optical axis direction with respect to the intermediate cylinder 160 is prohibited. Therefore, when the intermediate cylinder 160 rotates and moves relative to the rotating cylinder 150 in the optical axis direction, the intermediate cylinder side rectilinear key ring 164 does not rotate, but the intermediate cylinder 160 moves in the optical axis direction. Moves straight in the direction of the optical axis.
[0025]
A cam groove 165 for guiding the rear group guide frame 170 is formed on the inner wall of the intermediate cylinder 160, and a cam pin 171 fixed to the rear group guide frame 170 is provided in the cam groove 165. The cylinder side straight key ring 164 is inserted in a state of being prevented from rotating. Therefore, when the intermediate cylinder 160 rotates, the rear group guide frame 170 moves straight in the optical axis direction according to the shape of the cam groove 165 on the inner wall of the intermediate cylinder 160.
[0026]
The rear group guide frame 170 is provided with a shutter unit 179 in front of the optical axis direction, and a rear group holding frame 172 for holding the rear group lens 112 is fixed in the rear of the optical axis direction.
[0027]
The intermediate tube 160 is formed with another cam groove 166 for guiding the front group frame 180 holding the front group lens 111, and the cam pin 181 provided in the front group frame 180 is formed in the cam groove 166. Has entered. Further, the front group frame 180 is stopped by the intermediate cylinder side rectilinear key ring 164 so as to freely move in the optical axis direction. Therefore, when the intermediate cylinder 160 rotates, the front group frame 180 moves straight in the optical axis direction with respect to the intermediate cylinder 160 according to the shape of the cam groove 166.
[0028]
With such a mechanism, when the rotational driving force in the retracted direction is transmitted to the rotary cylinder 140 via the columnar gear 105 in the maximum extended state shown in FIG. 3, the state shown in FIG. If the rotational driving force in the feeding direction is transmitted to the rotating cylinder 160 in the retracted state shown in FIG. 4 when the retracted state is shown in FIG. It becomes a state.
[0029]
Here, as shown in FIG. 3, when the reflecting member 120 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is fully extended, the upper end protrudes from the inner space 101 with the lower end as an axis, and when retracted, the reflecting member 120 is shown in FIG. In this manner, it is pushed by the rear end portion of the holding frame 172 of the rear group lens 112 and pushed into the recess 103 a of the wall member 103.
[0030]
FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of the reflecting member.
[0031]
A reflecting member 120 shown in FIG. 5 includes a main body 121 and a torsion spring 122. The main body 121 includes a reflecting portion 121a, a spring support portion 121b, a member shaft portion 121c, and a stopper portion 121d. 120 is pivotally attached to a part of the wall member 103 by a member shaft 121c, and a torsion spring 122 is also pivotally supported by the member shaft 121c. One end 122 a of the torsion spring 122 is supported by the spring support portion 121 b and the other end 122 b is in contact with the recess 103 a of the wall member 103. Although not shown in FIG. 5, the spring support portion 121b and the member shaft portion 121c are provided on the opposite side of the reflection portion 121a of the reflection member, and the torsion spring 122 is provided there as described above. Is pivotally supported.
[0032]
Therefore, when the reflecting member 120 is pushed into the concave portion 103a of the wall member 103 by the rear end portion of the rear lens group holding frame 172 due to the retraction of the lens barrel, as shown in FIG. As a result, a biasing force is generated in the direction in which the upper end of the reflecting member 120 protrudes into the internal space 101.
[0033]
When the lens barrel shifts from the retracted state to the extended state, the pressing force applied to the reflecting member by the rear lens group frame 172 is released, so that the upper end of the reflecting member protrudes into the internal space by the above-described biasing force. When the upper end of the reflecting member 120 protrudes to a certain extent by the biasing force, the stopper 121d provided on the lower end side of the reflecting member 120 abuts against the wall member 103 as shown in FIG. Thus, a state in which a predetermined angle is maintained with respect to the wall member 103 is maintained.
[0034]
As described above, in the digital camera 1 of the present embodiment, in the shooting state in which the lens barrel 100 is extended, the reflecting member 120 protrudes into the internal space 101 with a predetermined angle with respect to the shooting optical axis. Therefore, the subject light that has passed through the photographing lens is guided by this reflecting member to the CCD image pickup device 130 provided below the reflecting member 120 with the imaging plane facing upward. On the other hand, when the lens barrel 100 shifts to the retracted state, the reflecting member 120 can be changed to a state facing the rear group lens side rather than the state at the time of photographing, so that the reflecting member remains at the time of photographing. Since the lens barrel can be retracted to the rear side of the camera more than the conventional case where the lens barrel is fixedly provided, the camera body can be made thinner.
[0035]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0036]
6 is a longitudinal sectional view along the optical axis S of the lens barrel of the digital camera of the present embodiment in the maximum extended state, and FIG. 7 is an optical axis of the same lens barrel as FIG. 6 in the retracted state. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view along S. 6 and 7 correspond to FIGS. 3 and 4 of the first embodiment, respectively.
[0037]
Since the only difference between the digital camera of the present embodiment and the digital camera of the first embodiment is the operation mechanism of the reflecting member, illustration and description of the appearance of the digital camera of the present embodiment are omitted. Hereinafter, only the operation mechanism of the reflecting member, which is different from the first embodiment, will be described.
[0038]
FIG. 8 is an external perspective view of the reflecting member of the present embodiment.
[0039]
7 includes a main body 221, a torsion spring 222, a slide arm 223, and an arm support member 224. The main body 221 includes a reflection portion 221a, a spring support portion 221b, a member shaft portion 221c, And an arm shaft support 221d.
[0040]
The slide arm 223 has an oblong shape having a hollow portion 223a, and an arm shaft support portion 221d provided in the main body 221 is loosely fitted to the hollow portion 223a. The slide arm 223 is pivotally supported at its end by an arm support member 224 fixed to the wall 103 and a shaft 224a.
[0041]
Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the lens barrel 100 is retracted, the reflecting member 220 is pushed toward the wall member 103 at the rear end portion of the rear lens group frame 172 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. An urging force is generated, and the arm shaft support portion 221d provided near the upper end of the reflection member 220 moves the slide arm hollow portion 223a toward the arm support member. On the other hand, when the lens barrel 100 is extended and the pressing force from the rear lens group holding portion 172 is released, the reflecting member 220 protrudes into the internal space 101 of the lens barrel 100 by the above-described biasing force. However, when the arm shaft supporting portion 221d provided in the main body 221 of the reflecting member 220 reaches the end of the slide arm 223 in the hollow portion 223a on the side opposite to the arm supporting member side, The angle with respect to the wall member 103 is maintained at a predetermined angle.
[0042]
As described above, also in this embodiment, when the lens barrel is extended, the reflecting member 220 has passed through the photographing lens in order to maintain a predetermined angle with respect to the photographing optical axis. The subject light is guided by this reflecting member 220 to the CCD image pickup device 130 provided below the reflecting member 220 with the imaging surface facing the upper side of the camera, and is pushed into the recess 103a of the wall member 103 when retracted. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the thickness at the time of retracting than when the reflecting member is fixedly provided in the same state as at the time of photographing even when retracted.
[0043]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0044]
FIG. 9 is a part of a longitudinal sectional view along the optical axis S in the maximum extended state of the lens barrel of the digital camera of the present embodiment, and corresponds to FIG. 3 of the first embodiment.
[0045]
Since the only difference between the digital camera of the present embodiment and the digital camera of the first embodiment is the operation mechanism of the reflecting member, illustration and description of the appearance of the digital camera of the present embodiment are omitted. Hereinafter, only the operation mechanism of the reflecting member, which is different from the first embodiment, will be described.
[0046]
The reflecting member 320 shown in FIG. 9 includes a main body 321, a torsion spring 322, and a contact arm 323, and the main body 321 includes a reflecting portion 321a, a spring support portion 321b, and a member shaft portion 321c. The main body 321 of the reflecting member 320 has a member shaft portion 321c supported on the wall of the fixed cylinder 140 on the front side and the other side in FIG. 9, and both ends of the contact arm 323 on the front side in FIG. It is attached to the wall of the fixed cylinder 140 on the other side.
[0047]
A torsion spring 322 is inserted into the member shaft portion 321 c of the main body 321, one end of the torsion spring 322 is supported by the spring support portion 321 b of the main body 321, and the other end is in contact with the contact arm 323. Yes. Further, the contact arm 323 is arranged so that the reflection part 321a of the main body 321 faces an angle at which the photographing light that has passed through the photographing lens can be guided to the CCD image pickup device 130 when the end 321d of the main body 321 contacts. When photographing is performed, the main body 321 urged by the torsion spring 322 in the direction in which the reflecting portion 321a advances to the optical axis (arrow B) is in the state shown in FIG. Is guided to the CCD image sensor 130. On the other hand, when retracted, the main body 321 is pushed by the rear group lens frame 172 so that the main body 321 is flipped up in the direction of arrow A, and is supported by the rear group lens frame 172.
[0048]
Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the lens barrel 100 is retracted, the main body 321 is pushed in at the rear end portion of the rear lens group frame 172 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, thereby generating a biasing force by the torsion spring 322. It becomes. On the other hand, when the lens barrel 100 is extended and the pressing force from the rear group lens holding portion 172 is released, the main body 321 advances on the optical axis by the above-described biasing force. When the end 321d abuts against the abutting arm 323, the angle of the main body 321 with respect to the optical axis is maintained at a predetermined angle.
[0049]
As described above, also in the present embodiment, when the lens barrel is extended, the reflecting member 320 is maintained at a predetermined angle with respect to the optical axis so that the subject that has passed through the photographing lens. The light is guided by this reflecting member 320 to the CCD image pickup device 130 provided below the reflecting member 320 with the imaging surface facing upward, and is pushed into a state parallel to the optical axis when retracted. Thinning at the time of retracting can be achieved more at the time of retracting than when the reflecting member is fixedly provided in the same state as at the time of photographing.
[0050]
Furthermore, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0051]
FIG. 10 is a part of a longitudinal sectional view along the optical axis S in the maximum extended state of the lens barrel of the digital camera of the present embodiment, and corresponds to FIG. 3 of the first embodiment.
[0052]
Since the only difference between the digital camera of the present embodiment and the digital camera of the first embodiment is the operation mechanism of the reflecting member, illustration and description of the appearance of the digital camera of the present embodiment are omitted. Hereinafter, only the operation mechanism of the reflecting member, which is different from the first embodiment, will be described.
[0053]
The reflecting member 420 shown in FIG. 10 includes a main body 421, a spring 422, a slide rail 423, a stopper 424, and a spring stopper 425. The main body 421 includes a reflecting portion 421a, a spring support portion 421b, and a guard plate 421c. It is configured.
[0054]
One end of the spring 422 is attached to the spring support portion 421b of the main body 421, and the other end of the spring 422 is attached to the spring stopper 425 disposed at the end portion of the CCD image sensor 130. Is biased downward (arrow B). The springs 422 are attached to both ends of the main body 421, that is, the front side and the other side in FIG. The stopper 424 is arranged so that when the main body 421 comes into contact, the reflecting portion 421a of the main body 421 faces an angle at which the photographing light passing through the photographing lens can be guided to the CCD image pickup device 130, and photographing is performed. At this time, the imaging light is guided to the CCD image sensor 130 by the main body 421 being biased by the spring 422 in the direction in which the reflecting portion 421a advances to the optical axis (arrow B). It becomes. On the other hand, when the lens barrel is retracted, the rear group lens frame 172 passes between the springs attached to both ends of the main body 421 and presses the guard plate 421c by pressing the guard plate 421c. It will be moved upward (arrow A).
[0055]
Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the lens barrel 100 is retracted, the main body 421 is pushed in at the rear end portion of the rear lens group frame 172 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, thereby generating a biasing force by the spring 422. Become. On the other hand, when the lens barrel 100 is extended and the pressing force from the rear group lens holding portion 172 is released, the main body 421 advances on the optical axis by the above-described biasing force. By abutting against the stopper 424, the angle of the main body 421 with respect to the optical axis is maintained at a predetermined angle.
[0056]
As described above, also in the present embodiment, when the lens barrel is extended, the reflecting member 420 is maintained at a predetermined angle with respect to the optical axis, so that the subject that has passed through the photographing lens. The light is guided by this reflecting member 420 to the CCD image pickup device 130 provided below the reflecting member 420 with the imaging surface facing the upper side of the camera. When the lens is retracted, the light is pushed upward inside the camera. By retracting to the side, it is possible to reduce the thickness when retracted than when the reflecting member is fixedly provided in the same state as when photographing when retracted.
[0057]
In each of the embodiments described above, a digital camera that employs a photographic lens including two groups of the front group and the rear group has been described as an example. However, this is a digital camera having a photographic lens including three or more groups. May be.
[0058]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, further reduction in thickness can be realized.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a digital camera according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the digital camera according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a longitudinal sectional view along the optical axis S in the maximum extended state of the lens barrel of the digital camera shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG.
4 is a longitudinal sectional view along the optical axis S in the retracted state of the same lens barrel as FIG. 3. FIG.
FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of a reflecting member.
FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view along an optical axis S in a maximum extended state of a lens barrel of a digital camera according to a second embodiment.
7 is a longitudinal sectional view along the optical axis S in the retracted state of the same lens barrel as in FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is an external perspective view of a reflecting member of the present embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a part of a longitudinal sectional view along the optical axis S in the maximum extended state.
FIG. 10 is a part of a longitudinal sectional view along the optical axis S in the maximum extended state.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Digital camera 100 Lens barrel 101 Internal space 102 Opening 103 Wall member 103a Concave part 110 Shooting lens 111 Front group lens 112 Rear group lens 120,220,320,420 Reflective member 130 CCD solid-state image sensor 140 Fixed cylinder 141,156,157 , 165, 166 Cam groove 142 Key groove 150 Rotating cylinder 152, 161, 171, 181 Cam pin 154 Rotating cylinder side rectilinear key ring 155 Key plate 160 Intermediate cylinder 164 Intermediate cylinder side rectilinear key ring 170 Rear group guide frame 172 Rear group holding frame 179 Shutter Unit 180 front group frame

Claims (2)

In digital cameras that capture subject light and generate image signals,
A lens barrel that houses a photographic lens and is capable of changing the tube length between a relatively short tube length storage state and a relatively long tube length shooting state;
A solid-state imaging device arranged in a direction different from the optical axis direction of the photographing lens;
A reflecting member that reflects the subject light incident via the photographing lens toward the solid-state imaging device;
The reflecting member reflects the subject light incident through the photographing lens toward the solid-state imaging element while being inclined with respect to the optical axis of the photographing lens when the lens barrel is in the photographing state. A digital camera which is in a use state and changes its position or orientation to a non-use state retracted from the use state when the lens barrel shifts from the photographing state to the retracted state. The reflection member is pivotally supported between the use state and the non-use state, and is urged so as to be positioned in the use state. The lens barrel is pushed by a photographic lens or a frame of the photographic lens that moves in accordance with the transition from the photographing state to the retracted state, and is rotated to the non-use state. 1. The digital camera according to 1.

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