Although not illustrated in FIG. 3, the binocular lens unit 300 has a configuration similar to the AF drive circuit 204. In this case, an AF drive circuit that drives the focus lenses of the right eye optical system 301R and the left eye optical system 301L in tandem, and at least one AF drive circuit that drives the focus lens of at least one of the right eye optical system 301R and the left eye optical system 301L independently, can be provided. The focus lens is driven by the lens system control circuit 303 based on the control of the system control unit 218 (adjusting unit).
The binocular lens unit 300 further includes an encoder that detects a rotation amount and a rotation direction of a focus ring provided on the lens barrel. The lens system control circuit 303 controls the AF drive circuit according to focus lens operations detected by the encoder, and provides what is known as a “by wire” manual focus function. In this case, the binocular lens unit 300 may have a switch that enables the user to switch the focus lens driven by the focus ring operations.