Patent ID: 8081252

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus that comprises a display portion comprising a substantially rectangular display screen including at least two long sides opposed to each other and two short sides opposed to each other, and that is capable of photographing an image having a substantially rectangular first aspect ratio, in which a direction of two short sides of the image are aligned in a vertical direction, in a position in which a direction of the two short sides of the display screen are aligned with the vertical direction, the image pickup apparatus further comprising: a control portion that controls a display operation of the display portion, wherein the control portion is provided with a first double screen display mode and a second double screen display mode: in the first double screen display mode, a first display region and a second display region for two screen images are formed in the display screen, with a direction of the two long sides of the display screen aligned with the vertical direction, the first display region and the second display region do not overlap and are formed such that they are arranged up and down, and the first display region and the second display region have the same aspect ratio as the first aspect ratio; and in the second double screen display mode, a third display region and a fourth display region for two screen images are formed in the display screen, with the direction of the two short sides of the display screen aligned with the vertical direction, the third display region and the fourth display region do not overlap and are formed such that they are arranged side by side, and the third display region and the fourth display region have the same aspect ratio as the first aspect ratio.