Patent ID: 7414657

Claim:
An image capture apparatus for capturing an image of a subject by a user, the image capture apparatus comprising: an image capture device operable to capture the image and output an image signal corresponding to the captured image; a display device operable to display a displayed image; a reversing device operable to generate a mirror image of the captured image from the image signal; a controller controlling the display device to display the displayed image, wherein the display device is rotatably coupled to the image capture device such that the display device can rotate between first and second positions, wherein the image capture device includes a back side facing the user and a front side facing the subject, wherein the display device faces the user in the first position and faces the subject in the second position; an operation device provided at the back side of the image capture device and operable by a user to control an operation; and an inhibition device inhibiting operation of the operation device by the user responsive to the display device being in the second position.