Patent ID: 7352963

Claim:
A camera comprising: an illumination unit rotatable between a protrusion position at which the illumination unit is protruded from a camera body and a retraction position at which the illumination unit is retracted with respect to the camera body, the illumination unit including a contact portion and an engaging portion; a rotatable engaging lever including an engaging claw that engages with the engaging portion of the illumination unit when the illumination unit is located at the retraction position, and a transmission portion with which the contact portion of the illumination unit makes contact in the middle of the rotation of the illumination unit from the protrusion position to the retraction position, the engaging claw not engaging with the engaging portion of the illumination unit when the transmission portion contacts the contact portion of the illumination unit, and the transmission portion not contacting the contact portion of the illumination unit when the engaging claw engages with the engaging portion of the illumination unit; and a biasing member biasing the engaging lever in a direction in which the engaging claw engages with the engaging portion when the illumination unit is located at the retraction position, wherein when the illumination unit rotates from the protrusion position to the retraction position, the contact portion of the illumination unit contacts the transmission portion to rotate the engaging lever against a biasing force of the biasing member.