Patent ID: 8009226

Claim:
A digital camera, comprising: a camera body, said camera body being longer in a lateral direction than in a vertical direction perpendicular to the lateral direction; an optical system including a lens positioned on a first side of said camera body; a flash device secured to said camera body on the first side of said camera body and at a same constant distance from said lens at all times, said lens and said flash device being arranged in the lateral direction, and said flash device flashing and illuminating a photographic subject; and a cover device coupled to said camera body and configured to cover said lens and a front surface of said flash device, said cover device including a cover member configured to cover and uncover said lens and said flash device by sliding in the vertical direction, parallel to the surface of the first side of said camera body, within a range of said camera body at the first side of said camera body, wherein said lens is arranged at an upper edge of the first side of said camera body.