Patent ID: 8537274

Claim:
An image capture apparatus comprising: an imaging-unit storing portion that stores an imaging unit capturing an image; a memory-card storing portion arranged in the rear of the imaging-unit storing portion and including two or more card slots for loading two or more memory cards that store image signals obtained by capturing the image in the imaging unit; and a lid that includes two or more windows and covers substantially only the card slots, the lid being arranged to the memory-card storing portion, wherein the lid is arranged on a particular side surface of the memory-card storing portion arranged in the rear of the imaging-unit storing portion, and wherein opening and closing the lid is completed by sliding along a direction parallel to the particular side surface of the body of the image capture apparatus on which the lid is arranged, toward a side of the image capture apparatus where lens hood is attached and opposite to a side of the image capture apparatus where a viewfinder is attached without interfering with a user's face looking into the viewfinder, wherein the side of the image capture apparatus on which the lid is arranged is opposite to a side of the image capture apparatus on which a grip is arranged, so that opening and closing the lid is completed by sliding the lid with one hand of the user and holding the image capture apparatus with another hand of the user while shooting is carried out.