Image capturing apparatus

An image capturing apparatus comprising first, second, third, and fourth image capturers each including an optical system and an image sensor having a rectangular image capturing surface orthogonal to an optical axis in the optical system,

• wherein first and second optical axes in the first and second image capturers are line-symmetrical with respect to a reference axis in a first plane, and a short side direction of the image capturing surface in each of the first and second image capturers is orthogonal to the first plane,
• wherein third and fourth optical axes in the third and fourth image capturers are line-symmetric with respect to the reference axis in a second plane orthogonal to the first plane, and a short side direction of the image capturing surface of each of the third and fourth image capturers is orthogonal to the second plane,
• wherein the first and second optical axes incline to a third plane orthogonal to the reference axis on one side of the third plane,
• wherein the third and fourth optical axes incline to the third plane on the other side of the third plane,
• wherein a protector is a portion projecting to an object side from a vertex of an optical surface closest to the object side of each of the two optical systems between visual fields of the two image capturers among the first to fourth image capturers,
• wherein the protector is provided between visual fields of the first and third image capturers, between visual fields of the third and second image capturers, between visual fields of the second and fourth image capturers, and between visual fields of the first and fourth image capturer, and
• wherein no protector is provided between the visual fields of the first and second image capturers and between the visual fields of the third and fourth image capturers.