Patent ID: 8050550
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus having a display attached to a rear surface of a main body, said main body having a rectangular solid shape and including an image sensor for converting an image of a subject passing through a taking lens into an electric signal which is to be recorded in a memory, said display having a rectangular shape whose long sides correspond to long sides of said main body, said imaging apparatus comprising: a display controller for switching between a first displaying mode and a second displaying mode, in said first displaying mode, an image having a horizontally long aspect ratio being displayed on said display such that the long sides of said image are perpendicular to said long sides of said display, and in said second displaying mode, said image being rotated by 90 degrees from said first displaying mode and displayed on said display such that said long sides of said image and said display approximately correspond to each other, wherein in said second displaying mode, said image is displayed on one side of said display, and a blank area in which said image is not displayed is formed, wherein a transparent touch panel capable of inputting an operation signal to said main body is provided in said blank area, wherein a release button is displayed in said touch panel in said first displaying mode such that said release button is operable by a finger of a hand gripping said main body in a vertically long state for shooting.