Patent ID: 7447427

Claim:
An image display apparatus which is provided in a camera main body of a digital camera, the camera main body having an optical finder, to display an image taken by the digital camera, the image display apparatus comprising a display panel including: a display area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix; a projection which projects outwardly from at least a part of an outer periphery of the display area; a lookout enabling portion which is arranged at a predetermined part of the projection and enables lookout from one of both sides of the projection to the other side; and a pixel drive unit which is arranged at the remaining part of the projection, wherein, when the image display apparatus is provided in the camera main body, the lookout enabling portion at the predetermined part of the projection of the display panel overlaps with the optical finder, and the pixel drive unit at the remaining part of the projection is arranged in a side of the optical finder.