Patent ID: 6930717

Claim:
A printer-incorporated electronic still camera comprising an imaging device, a memory, a printing device, a display device, and a mode selection device for switching over the still camera between a photography mode for converting optical images into electronic image signals through the imaging device and storing the image signals in the memory, a reproduction mode for displaying still images on the display device based on the image signals read out from the memory, a print mode for printing the displayed still image on a recording medium, and a setup mode for setting up many kinds of setup items of the still camera, wherein the setup items are sorted into a plurality of groups, and the display device displays the setup items of one group at a time in the setup mode, the printer-incorporated electronic still camera further comprising an acceleration sensor and a device for judging by signals from the acceleration sensor whether the still camera is in a stable position or in an unstable position, and controlling the display device to display a group of setup items that relate to the photography mode initially if the still camera is judged to be in the unstable position when the setup mode is selected, or a group of setup items that relate to the print mode initially if the still camera is judged to be in the stable position when the setup mode is selected.