Patent ID: 8208805

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a drive source; a drive member that is driven by the drive source when the imaging apparatus is changed from a non-imaging state to an imaging state and when the imaging apparatus is changed from the imaging state to the non-imaging state; and a light emitting portion movable between an in-use state and a stored state, wherein the drive member has first and second cams engageable with the light emitting portion in such a manner that, when the imaging apparatus is changed from the non-imaging state to the imaging state while the light emitting portion is engaged with the first cam, the drive member is driven by the drive source and the light emitting portion moves from the stored state to the in-use state, and when the imaging apparatus is changed from the imaging state to the non-imaging state while the light emitting portion is engaged with the first cam, the drive member is driven by the drive source and the light emitting portion moves from the in-use state to the stored state, wherein when a user manually moves the light emitting portion from the in-use state to the stored state while the light emitting portion is engaged with the first cam and the light emitting portion is in the in-use state, the light emitting portion is disengaged from the first cam to be engaged with the second cam, wherein a first slope is formed that inclines toward the second cam at an end face of the first cam on the second cam side at a first cam position where the light emitting portion is located on the first cam when the light emitting portion is engaged with the first cam and the imaging apparatus is changed into the imaging state, and wherein a second slope is formed that inclines toward the first cam at an end face of the second cam on the first cam side at a second cam position where the light emitting portion is located on the second cam when the light emitting portion is engaged with the second cam and the imaging apparatus is changed into the imaging state.