Patent ID: 7477318

Claim:
A digital camera capable of selectively taking still images and moving images, comprising: a camera body including a photographing optical system; a grip mounted to said camera body to be rotatable relative to said camera body; a first manual operational member, positioned on a first straight line, and adopted for making said digital camera take said still images; and a second manual operational member, positioned on a second straight line which is substantially symmetrical with the first straight line relative to a third straight line that extends between said first manual operational member and said second manual operational member in a lengthwise direction of said grip, and adopted for making said digital camera take said moving images, wherein said grip includes two adjacent non-parallel surfaces, neither of which faces said camera body, said first manual operational member and said second manual operational member being provided on one and the other of said two adjacent non-parallel surfaces, respectively, and wherein an angle of inclination of said first manual operational member relative to said third straight line is substantially equal to an angle of inclination of said second manual operational member relative to said third straight line.