Patent ID: 8063969
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: imaging means for forming a video signal of a subject according to a light inputted from a lens device; an image pickup apparatus body which houses said imaging means and includes a handle, the handle having a long axis and a short axis, the long axis extending in a direction approximately parallel with a light axis direction of a lens system of said lens device and the handle being provided on an upper portion of the image pickup apparatus body; and a first display device to display a video picture according to said video signal, said first display device provided on a front portion, in said light axis direction, of said handle such that a posture of the first display device can be changed, wherein said first display device is coupled to said handle freely rotatably by a rotational axis being extended in a parallel direction, an orthogonal direction or a direction inclined by an appropriate angle with respect to said light axis direction; said first display device performs a turning operation and a reversing operation to an axis center line direction and to an orthogonal direction of said rotational axis; and a display surface of the first display device or a non-display surface on an opposite side of said display surface is arranged on said handle selectively.