Patent ID: 7515826

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a display unit; and an apparatus main body having an enclosing portion which encloses the display unit, the enclosing portion having a concave portion in which a battery can be attached; wherein the display unit and the apparatus main body are rotatably connected to each other by a hinge, and the display unit has, on a hinge-side, a fastening member for fixing an exterior member of the display unit, and wherein the image pickup apparatus includes: a first state in which the battery is attached into the concave portion and a hinge-side corner portion of the display unit is not inserted into the concave portion when the display unit is rotated in a closing direction toward the apparatus main body, so that the fastening member cannot be operated from an outside; and a second state in which the battery is removed from the concave portion and the hinge-side corner portion of the display unit is inserted into the concave portion when the display unit is rotated in the closing direction toward the apparatus main body, so that the fastening member can be operated from the outside.