An image stabilizing system performs rotational-shake correction to
increase focus precision so that shift shake correction can be performed
with high precision based on highly accurate image magnification
information obtained by the high focus precision. The image stabilizing
system includes a rotational-shake detecting unit that detects rotational
shake occurring around a shooting light axis of an optical apparatus; a
parallel-shake detecting unit that detects parallel shake occurring
within a plane orthogonal to the light axis; a shake correcting unit that
reduces image deterioration caused by the rotational shake and parallel
shake; and an image stabilizing unit that actuates the shake correcting
unit at an initial stage of a shake correcting process based on an output
signal from the rotational-shake detecting unit, and actuates the shake
correcting unit at a subsequent stage of the shake correcting process
based on output signals from the rotational-shake detecting unit and the
parallel-shake detecting unit.