It is an object of the present invention to provide a shooting apparatus which
is thinner than a conventional shooting apparatus. A lens barrel is brought into
an accommodated state from a shooting state by retracting at least one of lens
groups constituting the shooting lens from an optical axis, and by bringing at
least a portion of one of the other lens groups remaining on the optical axis or
an image pickup element into a non-using state in which an opening is left opening
at a predetermined opening diameter.