An optical pickup device for recording and reproducing information by
tilting and horizontally driving a lens holder, holding an objective
lens, to irradiate an optical disk with a recording/reproducing laser
light from a light source. The optical pickup device has a reflector for
reflecting a portion of the recording/reproducing laser light led to the
lens holder from the light source; a detector fixedly placed at a
position at which the amount of received light for detection, which is
the recording/reproducing laser light reflected by the reflector, varies
according to the tilt angle of the lens holder; and tilt angle
acquisition means for acquiring the tilt angle of the objective lens from
the light receiving amount detected by the detector.