The present invention realizes efficient dust removal in an optical
apparatus in such a manner that a single circuit drives a plurality of
dust reduction optical elements to vibrate. When the optical elements
have different resonance frequencies, it can be configured such that the
vibration exciting frequency can be changed in a range including the
resonance frequencies of all the optical elements. In this case, the
optical element driven can also be switched according to the change in
frequency so that only the optical element having a resonance frequency
close to the driving frequency will be driven. Alternatively, it can be
configured such that the driving time or applied voltage can be changed
according to the characteristics of the optical element driven.