Disclosed is an imaging apparatus capable of realizing a camera shake
correction function while reducing the size and power consumption of the
apparatus without deteriorating the use efficiency of an image sensor
thereof. An imaging device has photoelectric conversion elements arranged
two-dimensionally and a transfer path for transferring electric charge
converted by the photoelectric conversion element. A motion detection
unit detects motion of the apparatus according to timing pulses generated
by a time management circuit at shorter intervals than exposure time. A
drive circuit transfers the electric charge previously read onto the
transfer path for a predetermined distance according to the detected
motion. Electric charge newly read out and converted by the photoelectric
conversion elements at the intervals of the timing pulses is added to the
previous electric charge which has been transferred on transfer path.