Patent ID: 8023039

Claim:
An image capture apparatus, comprising: a housing body constituting an exterior; an image capture optical system for guiding an image of a subject into an interior of the housing body; an image capture device for capturing the image guided by the image capture optical system; a display panel for displaying the image captured by the image capture device, the display panel being secured to the housing body to be pivotable between a usage position where a display surface of the display panel is visible and a storage position where the display surface of the display panel is in contact with a surface of the housing body; a connector for connection to an external device, the connector being built-in in the housing body and having an insertion/removal opening exposed on a surface of the housing body, wherein the insertion/removal opening is provided in a portion of the housing body, which portion is exposed on an outer side of the display panel in a state that the display panel is positioned in the storage position; a cover for opening or closing the insertion/removal opening by extending or retracting on the insertion/removal opening from the interior of the housing body; and an operation member that moves the cover along a direction of opening or closing the insertion/removal opening, the operation member being provided on a portion of the housing body that faces the display surface in the state that the display panel is positioned in the storage position, wherein, the operation member is reciprocally movable via a spring between a first position and a second position along the surface of the housing body, the reciprocal movement corresponding to a movement of the cover.