There is disclosed a radiographic apparatus comprising a top plate for supporting
a subject, an image receiver for receiving a radiographic image of the subject,
a vertical moving mechanism for vertically moving the top plate and the image receiver,
and means for limiting the action of the vertical moving mechanism according to
the position relative to the top plate and/or posture of the image receiver. There
is also disclosed a radiographic apparatus comprising a top plate for supporting
a subject, an image receiver for receiving a radiographic image of the subject,
a moving mechanism for varying the position relative to the top plate and/or posture
of the image receiver, and means for limiting movement of the top plate in the
predetermined direction in case the posture of the image receiver is not horizontal
or limiting change in posture of the image receiver according to the position of
the top plate.