Patent ID: 7653292

Claim:
An imaging apparatus, comprising: a waterproof housing having operation buttons and a reflecting frame; a camera main body accommodated in the waterproof housing, the camera main body having a display unit and operation buttons for performing imaging functions, the camera main body further having a flash device; and a touch panel for operating the camera main body, the touch panel being disposed on the camera main body in overlapping relationship with the display unit, the reflecting frame of the waterproof housing having a downward protruding member with a first reflecting surface and an upward protruding member with a second reflecting surface, wherein, in an assembled condition of the waterproof housing, the reflecting frame is fixed in position and arranged such that, when the camera main body is accommodated in the waterproof housing and when a flash operation is performed, light emitted from the flash device of the camera main body is received therein and reflected on the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface before being provided from the reflecting frame, and wherein when imaging is performed with the camera main body accommodated in the waterproof housing, the operation of the operation buttons of the waterproof housing operate corresponding operation buttons of the camera main body.