A zoom lens device has a first lens holding barrel, a second lens holding barrel,
the first lens holding frame and the second lens holding frame, all of which is
assembled in a fixed barrel. The second lens holding frame holds a fourth lens
group. The second lens holding frame is provided with a hole and a long hole, which
fit to a first guide shaft and a second guide shaft respectively. The first and
second guide shafts are disposed inside the fixed barrel. A first end of the first
guide shaft slidably fits on the second lens holding barrel, while a second end
is temporarily fixed to the fixed barrel so as not to move in a direction of an
optical axis but to move in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical
axis L. By moving the temporarily fixed second end in the direction substantially
perpendicular to the optical axis L, the second lens holding frame can move and
a decentering adjustment of the fourth lens group will be made. After the decentering
adjustment, the second end is ligidly fixed to the fixed barrel with an adhessive agent.