Image stabilizer

An image stabilizer of a digital camera, comprising:

• an image-pickup-device holding member which holds an image pickup device on which an object image is formed through a photographing optical system;
• a guide device which guides said image-pickup-device holding member in a manner to allow said image-pickup-device holding member to move linearly in at least one guide direction in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of said photographing optical system;
• a driving device which applies a moving force to a force receiving portion on said image-pickup-device holding member to move said image-pickup-device holding member in said guide direction of said guide device;
• and
• a flexible printed wiring board which extends from said image pickup device in an internal space of a camera body, a part of said flexible printed wiring board being fixed to said image-pickup-device holding member at a fixing position thereon,
• wherein a distance between said fixing position and said force receiving portion is smaller than a distance between said guide device and said force receiving portion in a direction orthogonal to both said optical axis direction and said guide direction of said guide device.