To provide an image pickup device such as a video camera equipped with a rain shield which is convenient for carrying and satisfactory in housing.

An image pickup device is equipped with the rain shield 4d which can be housed in the pad part of a grip belt 4 for holding itself. In addition, the device main body 1 is provided with the grip belt 4 equipped to be length-adjustable so as to held the image pickup device main body 1 itself and the grip pad 4b fitted to the back of a palm is provided at the central part of the grip belt 4. Then the tip part of the rain shield 4d formed of water repellent texture to the grip pad 4b is fixed to the grip pad 4b to house in the tip part 4b at the time of not using the rain shield 4d and to extend the housed rain shield 4d to cover the entire image pickup device 1 at the time of using.