Image pickup module having zoom for mobile device

There is provided an image pickup module for mobile device which can easily be used by a user, has a small size with sufficient efficiency and comparatively simple structure, and is available at a low cost. An image pickup module (130) built in a mobile information terminal has different lens systems (131, 132) for offering the zoom function and has a structure to move these systems in the direction intersecting the optical path direction and arrange the lens systems at an appropriate focal distance. A plurality of lens systems are prepared to enable wide image pickup, tele-image pickup, and image pickup at an acquisition angle between them. These lens systems can be handled as a unitary block with the module including an image pickup device (150).