Lens barrel with built-in blur correction mechanism

A lens driving mechanism, comprising:

• a lens barrel;
• a lens supported in the lens barrel;
• a first-driving mechanism for driving the lens, which is accommodated in the lens barrel and occupies only a first half of a total area of the lens barrel at a cross section perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens;
• and
• a second-driving mechanism for driving a member which is other than the lens driven by the first-driving mechanism, the second-driving mechanism being accommodated in the lens barrel and occupies only a second half different from the first half of the total area of the lens barrel at the cross section, wherein the first half and the second half constitute the total area in the cross section of the lens barrel.

A lens driving mechanism, comprising:

• a lens;
• a frame for holding the lens;
• a first lever, one end of which is rotatable connected to the frame via a first holding shaft which extends parallel to an optical axis of the lens, and the other end of which is rotatably supported by a first rotation shaft, rotational movement of the first lever causing the frame to swing in a first direction;
• and
• a second lever, one end of which is rotatably connected to the frame via a second holding shaft which extends parallel to the optical axis of the lens, and the other end of which is rotatably supported by a second by a second rotation shaft, rotational movement of the second lever causing the frame to swing in a second direction which is approximately perpendicular to the first direction,
• wherein the first holding shaft, the first rotation shaft, the second holding shaft, and the second rotation shaft are generally arranged on one straight line, thereby minimizing a distance change between the first and second holding shafts during the rotation movements of the first and second levers, and
• wherein there is formed a generally perpendicular angle by a line connecting the first holding shaft and an optical center of the lens, and a line connecting the second holding shaft and the optical center of the lens.

A lens driving mechanism, comprising:

• a lens with a frame for holding the lens;
• a first lever which is rotatably supported by a first rotation shaft and connected to the frame by a first holding shaft for driving the lens via the frame;
• and
• a second lever which is rotatably supported by a second rotation shaft and connected to the frame by a second holding shaft for driving the lens via the frame;
• wherein the first and second rotation shafts and the first and second holding shafts are parallel to an optical axis of the lens, and arranged in respective positions which are generally on one straight line in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.