Patent ID: 7339624
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera-equipped recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: a lens assembly having a lens group; an imaging device that converts light from the lens assembly into an electrical signal; a body having a first side face and a second side face opposite to the first side face when viewed from an object to be photographed, the body being provided in series with and behind the lens assembly in a direction of an optical axis of the lens group when viewed from the object; a monitor screen provided on the first side face of the body, the monitor screen being rotatable between a first position in which the monitor screen is closed as facing with the first side face and a second position in which the monitor screen is opened as turning away from the first side face; and a grip provided on the second side face of the body, the grip housing a recording/reproducing unit, a storage medium for storing a video signal output by the imaging device being loadable into the recording/reproducing unit, the grip being rotatable about an axis almost orthogonal to the optical axis, wherein, when the monitor screen is in the second position, the axis of the grip is almost orthogonal to the optical axis and almost matches the center of gravity of the camera-equipped recording/reproducing apparatus.