A display control apparatus, comprising: display means including a touch panel type display device movable in an opening/closing direction and upside-down reverse direction with respect to a body; detection means for detecting a positional relationship of the display means with respect to the body; capturing means for capturing an object image imaged via a photographing lens; and recording means for recording, in a recording medium, video data captured by the capturing means; characterized in the display control apparatus further comprising: drawing means for drawing a display object based on coordinates touched in freehand drawing as a touch operation on the display device; control means configured to switch from an operation mode in which a touch-operable touch button (606, 607, 608) is displayed on the display device and in which it is possible to receive a touch operation for the touch button to an operation mode in which a user can perform freehand drawing in the case that the positional relationship is changed from an open state in which the display means is opened in the opening/closing direction with respect to the body to a reversed/closed state in which the display means is rotated in the upside-down reverse direction and closed in the opening/closing direction, such that a display surface of the display means is exposed, wherein during recording of video data by the recording means, the control means is configured to not switch to the operation mode in which the user can perform freehand drawing if the detection means detects that the positional relationship is changed to the reversed/closed state, and during recording standby of video data, the control means is configured to switch to the operation mode in which the user can perform freehand drawing if the detection means detects that the positional relationship is changed to the reversed/closed state. display means including a touch panel type display device movable in an opening/closing direction and upside-down reverse direction with respect to a body; detection means for detecting a positional relationship of the display means with respect to the body; capturing means for capturing an object image imaged via a photographing lens; and recording means for recording, in a recording medium, video data captured by the capturing means; characterized in the display control apparatus further comprising: drawing means for drawing a display object based on coordinates touched in freehand drawing as a touch operation on the display device; control means configured to switch from an operation mode in which a touch-operable touch button (606, 607, 608) is displayed on the display device and in which it is possible to receive a touch operation for the touch button to an operation mode in which a user can perform freehand drawing in the case that the positional relationship is changed from an open state in which the display means is opened in the opening/closing direction with respect to the body to a reversed/closed state in which the display means is rotated in the upside-down reverse direction and closed in the opening/closing direction, such that a display surface of the display means is exposed, wherein during recording of video data by the recording means, the control means is configured to not switch to the operation mode in which the user can perform freehand drawing if the detection means detects that the positional relationship is changed to the reversed/closed state, and during recording standby of video data, the control means is configured to switch to the operation mode in which the user can perform freehand drawing if the detection means detects that the positional relationship is changed to the reversed/closed state. drawing means for drawing a display object based on coordinates touched in freehand drawing as a touch operation on the display device; control means configured to switch from an operation mode in which a touch-operable touch button (606, 607, 608) is displayed on the display device and in which it is possible to receive a touch operation for the touch button to an operation mode in which a user can perform freehand drawing in the case that the positional relationship is changed from an open state in which the display means is opened in the opening/closing direction with respect to the body to a reversed/closed state in which the display means is rotated in the upside-down reverse direction and closed in the opening/closing direction, such that a display surface of the display means is exposed, wherein during recording of video data by the recording means, the control means is configured to not switch to the operation mode in which the user can perform freehand drawing if the detection means detects that the positional relationship is changed to the reversed/closed state, and during recording standby of video data, the control means is configured to switch to the operation mode in which the user can perform freehand drawing if the detection means detects that the positional relationship is changed to the reversed/closed state.