Patent ID: 8223263

Claim:
A camera body to which an interchangeable lens is attachable/detachable, having a movable mirror provided so as to enter or retract with respect to an optical path of an image pickup optical system for guiding a subject image to an optical viewfinder, comprising: an image pickup element that captures the subject image formed by the image pickup optical system to generate image data; a setting manipulation portion that receives an instruction of a user regarding display of setting information on the digital camera; a display portion capable of displaying the image data generated by the image pickup element or image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the image pickup element to predetermined processing, and the setting information on the digital camera; and a control portion having a live view mode controlling so that the image data generated by the image pickup element or the image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the image pickup element to predetermined processing is displayed on the display portion as a moving image in real time, wherein, when the setting manipulation portion receives the instruction of the user when the live view mode is set, the control portion controls so that the digital camera comes out of the live view mode, the movable mirror enters the optical path of the image pickup optical system, and the setting information concerning the digital camera is displayed on the display portion.