A digital camera having a grip portion for holding the digital camera on one side but not having any grip portion on the other side, the digital camera comprising: a detection unit configured to detect a touching operation on a display portion of the digital camera; a control unit configured to perform control about an item (404-408, 411-415, 516-520, 806-809, 812-816) displayed in the display portion in response to a touching operation on the item, wherein each item (404-408, 411-415, 516-520, 806-809, 812-816) indicates a settable function which is a function capable of receiving a user setting for shooting; a shooting control unit configured to perform shooting processing based on the function settings of the displayed items for recording image data obtained by an image pickup unit of the digital camera in a recording medium according to a shooting instruction; and a selection unit configured to select one or more items from among a plurality of items (404-408, 411-415, 516-520, 806-809) to be displayed, at least one of the one or more selected items (404-408, 411-415, 516-520, 806-809) corresponding to a settable function chosen by a user to be displayed in a position set by the user in a first area of the display portion, the digital camera being characterised in that: the selection unit is further configured such that the settable function and position are respectively chosen and set by inputs from the user detected by the detection unit and can be chosen and set before and during the movie shooting processing; and in that the digital camera further comprises: a display control unit configured to perform control such that the one or more items (404-408, 411-415, 516-520, 806-809) selected by the selection unit, are displayed in the first display area which is along a side closest to the grip portion among sides of the display portion and such that predetermined items indicating functions whose settings cannot be changed during moving shooting are displayed in a second display area located at a position farther from the grip portion than the first display area, and wherein the selection unit is configured to select the one or more items to be displayed in the first display area from among a plurality of items whose settings are changeable during movie shooting processing. a detection unit configured to detect a touching operation on a display portion of the digital camera; a control unit configured to perform control about an item (404-408, 411-415, 516-520, 806-809, 812-816) displayed in the display portion in response to a touching operation on the item, wherein each item (404-408, 411-415, 516-520, 806-809, 812-816) indicates a settable function which is a function capable of receiving a user setting for shooting; a shooting control unit configured to perform shooting processing based on the function settings of the displayed items for recording image data obtained by an image pickup unit of the digital camera in a recording medium according to a shooting instruction; and a selection unit configured to select one or more items from among a plurality of items (404-408, 411-415, 516-520, 806-809) to be displayed, at least one of the one or more selected items (404-408, 411-415, 516-520, 806-809) corresponding to a settable function chosen by a user to be displayed in a position set by the user in a first area of the display portion, a display control unit configured to perform control such that the one or more items (404-408, 411-415, 516-520, 806-809) selected by the selection unit, are displayed in the first display area which is along a side closest to the grip portion among sides of the display portion and such that predetermined items indicating functions whose settings cannot be changed during moving shooting are displayed in a second display area located at a position farther from the grip portion than the first display area, and wherein the selection unit is configured to select the one or more items to be displayed in the first display area from among a plurality of items whose settings are changeable during movie shooting processing.