Patent ID: 7864220

Claim:
A photographing apparatus comprising: an operation unit that has a direct key and an operation key, said operation key being used for setting a function regarding at least one of an image processing operation of an image data obtained by a photographing operation and a storing operation of said image data and being operated more than once for setting said function, said direct key being used for setting said function and being operated only once for setting said function; and a controller that sets said function corresponding to an operation of said operation key and that sets said function corresponding to one operation of said direct key; when said direct key is operated once, said function being set regardless of a prior function state set by operating said operation key, wherein one of a first pattern and a second pattern is selected by operating said operation key; in said first pattern, a state of said photographing apparatus after said function is set by said direct key is released so that said state of said photographing apparatus is returned to a prior state of before operating said direct key when said direct key is operated again before said photographing operation is next performed, when said photographing operation is performed once, or when an electrical power of said photographing apparatus is set to an OFF state and then said electrical power is set to an ON state again; and in said second pattern, said state of said photographing apparatus after said function is set by said direct key is released so that said state of said photographing apparatus is returned to said prior state when said direct key is operated again, when said electrical power is set to said OFF state and then said electrical power is set to said ON state again.