A rigid scope apparatus including a rigid scope body to be inserted into a body for guiding and projecting an inputted illumination light on an examination area of the body, and receiving and guiding a light from the examination area caused by projection of the illumination light, and a camera head section to be connected to the rigid scope body and having an imaging section for receiving the light from the examination area and guided by the rigid scope body, and outputting an image signal. The camera head section includes an illumination light output section for outputting the illumination light and the rigid scope body receives and guides the illumination light outputted from the illumination light output section.
