BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

The present invention an optical apparatus, such as a digital camera and an interchangeable lens, which has a vibration device.

Description of the Related Art

The optical apparatus described above often has a configuration for generating an operational sense such as a click sense in response to a user operation of an operation member such as a rotary ring, a dial, and a button. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. (“JP”) 2006-136865 discloses a configuration in which a vibration device (piezoelectric actuator) is disposed just below a button, and configured to vibrate in response to a user operation of the button to generate the operational sense.

However, when the optical apparatus or another optical apparatus attached to it has a shake sensor that detects camera shakes, such as manual shakes, for an image stabilization operation that reduces image blurs caused by camera shakes, the vibration from the vibration device may negatively affect the detection of camera shakes or the image stabilization operation. More specifically, when the vibration from the vibration device is detected by the shake sensor, the image stabilization operation is performed although no camera shakes occur or so as to reduce image blurs more than the actual image blurs caused by the camera shakes, rather causing the image blurs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides an optical apparatus that can reduce the influence of vibrations generated by the vibration device on a shake detection.

An optical apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is configured to correct an image blur by moving an image stabilization unit in a first direction different from an optical axis direction based on shake information obtained by a shake detector, and includes a vibration device configured to generate a vibration in order to transmit to a user a tactual sense according to an operation of an operation unit by the user. During an imaging and recording period, the vibration device generates the vibration having a vibration intensity in a second direction different from the first direction higher than that in the first direction.

Further features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

