Patent ID: 8655164

Claim:
An imaging apparatus having a taking mode and reproducing mode comprising: an imaging device for photoelectrically converting a subject image focused through a taking lens to obtain a captured image; a main body containing said imaging device, having a long shape and being in a unitary format but not in a folding format; a display of a touch panel type attached to a first surface of said main body and having a display screen in a rectangular shape disposed such that a long side direction thereof corresponds to that of said main body; an image display area which is provided in an upper area of said display and displays a through image in said taking mode; and a blank area which is provided in a lower area of said display and does not display said through image in said taking mode, wherein a release key which is an operation member of a touch panel type for recording said captured image is displayed in said blank area, wherein said taking lens is disposed in an upper portion on a second surface opposite to said first surface of said main body, where the upper is defined as a side where said taking lens is disposed in said long side direction, and the lower is opposite thereto, wherein said release key is at a position that can be operated with a thumb, when a lower part of said main body is held with one hand so that said thumb is on said first surface and fingers except said thumb are on said second surface, and wherein the total area of said operation members including said release key is smaller than the area of said blank area except said operation members including said release key.