Image pickup apparatus having movable part that is movable between retracted position and projecting position

An image pickup apparatus comprising:

• an apparatus body;
• a movable part that has a latching pin and a slide part and enables sliding movement between a housing position inside the apparatus body and a projecting position projected from the apparatus body;
• a holder that holds the movable part slidably and is fixed to the apparatus body;
• a first energizing spring that energizes the movable part in a direction toward the projecting position with respect to the apparatus body;
• a lever that has an engagement part with which the latching pin engages and a contact part that abuts on the slide part, and is held by the holder so as to be rotatable around a rotational axis;
• and
• a second energizing spring that energizes the lever in a direction to engage and in a direction to abut,
• wherein the movable part is held in the housing position in a state where the latching pin engages with the engagement part, and
• wherein the contact part abuts on the slide part and energizes the movable part in a projecting direction in a case where the movable part is located at the projecting position,
• wherein the contact part is arranged, when viewed from a direction of the sliding movement, farther than the latching pin with respect to the rotational axis.