Patent ID: 7192204

Claim:
A camera comprising: a camera body formed in a flat rectangular shape of a length from front to back and a height from top to bottom greater than a thickness from left to right; a photographing optical system provided so as to be exposed from the upper part of a front surface of said camera body; a photographing operation member provided at the upper front part of the right side surface of said camera body; and a grip belt provided at the right side surface of said camera body; wherein said grip belt has a first belt attached to the lower part of the front part of said camera body so as to be hung down from said lower part with a belt connecting link being attached to the lower end thereof, and a second belt connected to said belt connecting link; said second belt has a hand insertion section of a size that allows insertion of four fingers of the right hand with the exception of the thumb and the palm portion corresponding to the four fingers, said hand insertion section is provided by an inside belt section positioned at the right side surface of said camera body and an outside belt section positioned to the outside of said inside belt section; one end of said inside belt section in the longitudinal direction is connected to said belt connecting link and the other end in the longitudinal direction is attached to the rear part of the right side surface of said camera body; said hand insertion section becomes a long shape in a direction from the front to the rear of said camera body on the right side surface of said camera body due to said inside belt section, and it is tilted so that the rear end of said hand insertion section is positioned above the front end of said hand insertion section; and the four fingers of the right hand with the exception of the thumb and the palm portion corresponding to the four fingers are inserted through the hand insertion section so that the tip of the thumb comes into contact with the rear surface of said camera body and said camera body is held with at least the tips of the middle finger and third finger coming into contact with the front surface of said camera body, and said photographing operation member is able to be operated by the index finger.