To provide a digital camera that captures object light with a solid-state
image pickup device to generate an image signal and is effectively made
thinner by retracting a part of a taking lens into a suitable position
when a lens barrel is collapsed. A rear lens group is rotated between a
position on an optical axis and a retracted position in a recess section
at the side of a CCD solid-state image pickup device, and a focusing lens
is rotated between a position on the optical axis and a retracted
position in a front lens group side space. When the lens barrel is
collapsed, the rear lens group is placed in the recess section, and the
focusing lens is placed in the front lens group side space.