Vibration driving device and image pickup apparatus using this

An image pickup apparatus comprising:

• a drive unit having a vibrator provided with a projection and configured to generate driving force by vibrating the vibrator;
• a first unit having a contact portion with which the projection is in pressure contact in a first direction;
• a second unit configured to rotate relatively with respect to the first unit around a predetermined rotation axis that is parallel to the first direction by the driving force of the drive unit;
• three or more support members between the first unit and the second unit in the first direction and configured to support the first unit and the second unit so as to be rotatable relatively;
• and
• an image pickup unit of which an image pickup direction varies according to the relative rotation of the first unit and the second unit,
• wherein the support members are positioned such that, during relative rotation of the first unit and the second unit, a contact point at which the projection contacts the contact portion is always located in at least one triangular area of one or more triangular areas formed by connecting any three support members with straight lines among the three or more support members when viewed in the first direction.