To provide an image pickup apparatus capable of adding signals from a plurality
of photoelectric conversion portions, an image pickup apparatus including a plurality
of unit cells arranged in an array, each unit cell including a plurality of photoelectric
conversion portions and a common circuit for inputting signals from the plurality
of photoelectric conversion portions and outputting the signals from the unit cell,
a first addition circuit for adding the signals from the plurality of photoelectric
conversion portions in the unit cell, and a second addition circuit for adding
the signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions outside the
unit cell is provided.