To provide a collapsible barrel type camera capable of being shited to a photographing state speedily and also preventing a lens barrel from being broken.

A controller 21 starts clocking of a first timer 22 and a second timer 23, when that a touch sensor 9 is turned on or that a photographing operation part 20 is operated is detected. When photographing preparation operation is not performed in a predetermined period, the clocking is finished by the first timer 22. When the clocking is finished by the first timer 22, the controller 21 drives a barrel drive unit 24, and stores the lens barrel 5 in a collapsible barrel mounting position from a photographing preparation position. Moreover, when the photographing preparation operation is not performed in the predetermined period, the clocking is finished by the second timer 23 and thereafter, the controller 21 turns a power source off. Moreover, while a tripod switch 19 is turned on, the lens barrel 5 is always served in the photographing preparation position, and when the tripod switch 19 is turned off, the lens barrel 5 is shifted in the collapsible barrel mounting position.