Patent ID: 8305461

Claim:
An information display device comprising: a monitor; a menu switcher for switching between a first menu mode in which a first group of items is displayed in a menu on the monitor, and one of certain first candidates of data can be selected as first control data for each of the items, and a second menu mode in which a second group consisting of fewer items than the first group is displayed in a menu on the monitor, and one of certain second candidates of data can be selected as second control data for each of the items; a controller for controlling the operation of the device on the basis of the first control data or second control data, wherein the second group of items includes an item having a second candidate of data that is a combination of first candidates of data for a plurality of particular items of the first group; and an imager for taking a still image of a subject in response to imaging instructions in a still image taking mode, and for taking a moving image of a subject in response to imaging instructions in a moving image taking mode, wherein the first group of items includes a group of moving image items associated with recording conditions for the moving image and a group of still image items associated with recording conditions for the still image, wherein the second candidate of data is the data that is a combination of each first candidate of data selected from the group of moving image items and from the group of still image items.