Patent ID: 8457486

Claim:
An imaging apparatus having a taking mode and reproducing mode comprising: an imaging device for photoelectrically converting a subject image focused through a taking lens to obtain a captured image; a main body containing said imaging device, having a long shape and being in a unitary format but not in a folding format; and a display of a touch panel type attached to a first surface of said main body and having a display screen in a rectangular shape disposed such that a long side direction thereof corresponds to that of said main body, wherein in said taking mode, said captured image is displayed on said display and a release key which is an operation member of a touch panel type for recording said captured image is displayed in a position lower than a center of said display, the position of the operation member being constant when the captured image is displayed on the display, wherein said taking lens is disposed in an upper portion on a second surface opposite to said first surface of said main body, where the upper is defined as a side where said taking lens is disposed in said long side direction, and the lower is opposite thereto, wherein in said taking mode, said release key is displayed apart from both ends of said display in a short side direction in a distance more than a width of said release key in said short side direction.