An imaging apparatus including a display monitor for displaying an image, the imaging apparatus comprising: 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; a pedestal portion which is formed further forward than the handle holding portion and configured to store the display monitor with a display surface of the display monitor face thereto; 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, wherein the hinge member is a two-axis hinge capable of rotating the display monitor by a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft orthogonal to the first rotating shaft, characterized in that the imaging apparatus further comprises an external microphone holding portion formed on the right side of the imaging apparatus and adapted to hold an external microphone, and that the hinge member enables that the display monitor is drawn from a first state that the display monitor is stored in the pedestal portion to a second state that the display monitor is in a side of the external microphone holding portion by rotating the display monitor in a first direction around the first rotating shaft, wherein in a case where the display monitor is in the second state, the hinge member enables that the display monitor is drawn around the second rotating shaft to a state in which the display surface faces rearward of the imaging apparatus, and in a case where the display monitor is in the second state and the display surface faces rearward of the imaging apparatus, the display monitor is positioned below the external microphone holding portion, and the second rotating shaft is set in a position offset from a center line in a short side direction of the display monitor such that the center line in the short side direction of the display monitor is located in a position lower than the second rotating shaft. 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; a pedestal portion which is formed further forward than the handle holding portion and configured to store the display monitor with a display surface of the display monitor face thereto; 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, wherein the hinge member is a two-axis hinge capable of rotating the display monitor by a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft orthogonal to the first rotating shaft, characterized in that the imaging apparatus further comprises an external microphone holding portion formed on the right side of the imaging apparatus and adapted to hold an external microphone, and that the hinge member enables that the display monitor is drawn from a first state that the display monitor is stored in the pedestal portion to a second state that the display monitor is in a side of the external microphone holding portion by rotating the display monitor in a first direction around the first rotating shaft, wherein in a case where the display monitor is in the second state, the hinge member enables that the display monitor is drawn around the second rotating shaft to a state in which the display surface faces rearward of the imaging apparatus, and in a case where the display monitor is in the second state and the display surface faces rearward of the imaging apparatus, the display monitor is positioned below the external microphone holding portion, and the second rotating shaft is set in a position offset from a center line in a short side direction of the display monitor such that the center line in the short side direction of the display monitor is located in a position lower than the second rotating shaft.