Patent ID: 7738785

Claim:
A camera, comprising: a first assembly; a photographic lens equipped on the first assembly; a display section equipped on the first assembly; operation members equipped on the first assembly; a second assembly movably provided on the first assembly, and being configured to be movable between a first position at which the operation members are covered and a second position at which the operation members are exposed; and image playback operation members which function as function buttons related to playback operation while a mode of the camera is set to an image playback mode, the image playback operation members being assigned to operation buttons related to photography while the mode of the camera is set to a photography model wherein said first assembly comprises a third assembly which is housed in a housing section of the first assembly, wherein said operation members are fixed to the third assembly, wherein when the second assembly is moved from the first position to the second position, the third assembly protrudes outward from the housing section along a direction along which the second assembly moves so as to expose the operation members, and wherein the operation members are housed in a back surface of the display section when the second assembly is at the first position.