Patent ID: 8325264

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a first display panel unit configured to execute display toward a user side, disposed on an apparatus casing; a second display panel unit configured to execute display toward a subject side, disposed on said apparatus casing; an imaging processing unit configured to subject incident light from said subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit configured to execute a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at said imaging processing unit; and control the display states of said first display panel unit and said second display panel unit for a monitoring period, a recording period for recording a captured image signal, and a preview period for previewing a recorded image signal so that an image corresponding to the recorded image signal is displayed at the first display panel unit for a first period of time and is displayed at the second display panel unit for a second period of time, wherein the second period of time is longer than the first period of time, wherein after expiration of the first period of time and before expiration of the second period of time a monitoring image is displayed at the first display panel unit.