To provide an illuminator for a camera capable of realizing irradiation with high utilization efficiency in the case of irradiating the subject side with luminous flux from a light source means and excellent in heat resistance.

This illuminator for a camera is provided with a light emitting part consisting of a light emitting source, a 1st member arranged forward from the periphery of the light emitting source, and a 2nd member arranged backward from the periphery of the light emitting source. In the device, the 1st and the 2nd members are proximately arranged to reflect and condense the emitted light from the light emitting source and project it forward through the 1st member, and also an irradiation angle is varied by moving the light emitting part back and forth. It is equipped with a 1st holding member holding the light emitting source and the 1st member, a 2nd holding member holding the 2nd member, and a moving means relatively moving the 2nd holding member in a back-and-forth direction with respect to the 1st holding member.