An imaging apparatus including a display monitor for displaying an image, the imaging apparatus comprising: a lens unit; a grip portion formed on a right side of the imaging apparatus and adapted to be held by a photographer; a front leg portion formed on a front side upper part of the imaging apparatus; a rear leg portion formed on a rear side upper part of the imaging apparatus; a handle holding portion configured to connect the front leg portion and the rear leg portion; an electronic viewfinder mounted on an upper part of the rear leg portion and a rear end of the handle holding portion; a pedestal portion which is formed further forward than the handle holding portion; a projected portion formed further forward than the pedestal portion; and a hinge member one part of which is fixed to the display monitor and the other part of which is fixed to the projected portion, characterized in that the pedestal portion is configured to store the display monitor with a display surface of the display monitor face thereto and to protect the display surface in a first state in which the display monitor is stored in the pedestal portion; the hinge member enables that the display monitor is drawn from the first state to a second state in which the display monitor is in an opposite side to the grip portion by rotating the display monitor up to 90° in a first direction around a first rotating shaft of the hinge member, and the hinge member enables that the display monitor is drawn from the first state to a third state in which the display monitor is in a side of the grip portion by rotating the display monitor up to 90° in a second direction which is an opposite direction to the first direction around the first rotating shaft. a lens unit; a grip portion formed on a right side of the imaging apparatus and adapted to be held by a photographer; a front leg portion formed on a front side upper part of the imaging apparatus; a rear leg portion formed on a rear side upper part of the imaging apparatus; a handle holding portion configured to connect the front leg portion and the rear leg portion; an electronic viewfinder mounted on an upper part of the rear leg portion and a rear end of the handle holding portion; a pedestal portion which is formed further forward than the handle holding portion; a projected portion formed further forward than the pedestal portion; and a hinge member one part of which is fixed to the display monitor and the other part of which is fixed to the projected portion, the pedestal portion is configured to store the display monitor with a display surface of the display monitor face thereto and to protect the display surface in a first state in which the display monitor is stored in the pedestal portion; the hinge member enables that the display monitor is drawn from the first state to a second state in which the display monitor is in an opposite side to the grip portion by rotating the display monitor up to 90° in a first direction around a first rotating shaft of the hinge member, and the hinge member enables that the display monitor is drawn from the first state to a third state in which the display monitor is in a side of the grip portion by rotating the display monitor up to 90° in a second direction which is an opposite direction to the first direction around the first rotating shaft.