A lens barrel includes a lens-holding cylinder which supports a lens and is provided with a cam-follower and a rectilinear key; a cam-cylinder having a cam-groove which engages with the cam-follower so as to apply a driving force to the lens-holding cylinder in the optical-axis direction; and a guide cylinder which is enclosed by the cam-cylinder and has a rectilinear guide opening that engages with the rectilinear key so as to guide the lens-holding cylinder in the optical-axis direction. A segment of the cam-cylinder adjacent to an object to be photographed has a greater wall thickness such that the cam-cylinder has a level difference. A portion of the guide cylinder adjacent to an object to be photographed, which corresponds to the level difference of the cam-cylinder, is made thinner by the amount of the level difference.

 
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