The present invention belongs to the field of an image capturing apparatus
such as a camera for mobile phone and the like, and has an object to
obtain a three axis lens shifting mechanism capable of achieving size
reduction and cost reduction with simple structure and an image capturing
apparatus equipped with such three axis lens shifting mechanism. A single
magnetic circuit exerts an influence of a magnetic field produced by
magnets (20) upon active sides of a focusing coil (14) and active sides
of coils (10a), (10b). Therefore, movable parts (11+17) can be driven in
the direction of optical axis (Z) only by controlling the direction of
energizing the focusing coil (14), and further, a first movable part (11)
can be driven in a first direction (X) or second direction (direction of
rotation) (Y) only by combination of the directions of energizing the
coils (10a), (10b). This allows the sharing of the magnetic circuit and
an electromagnetic actuator.