Zoom electronic camera

Abstract

A zoom electronic camera comprising a lens casing which contains therein a zoom lens having at least two movable zooming lens groups, a drive mechanism including a motor for driving the movable zooming lens groups, a solid state image pickup device which picks up an object image through the zoom lens, a lens CPU which controls the drive mechanism including the motor, and a body casing which contains therein a signal processing circuit which processes an image signal supplied from the solid state image pickup device and which is relatively rotatably connected to the lens casing through a cylindrical portion about which the relative rotation takes place. The zoom lens, the drive mechanism including the motor and the solid state image pickup device are located on the side of the cylindrical portion opposite to the lens CPU.

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