Patent ID: 7408586

Claim:
A digital camera having a movable mirror provided so as to enter or retract with respect to an optical path of an image pickup optical system for purpose of guiding a subject image to an optical viewfinder, comprising: an image pickup element that captures the subject image formed by the image pickup optical system to generate image data; a battery cover that opens/closes a battery accommodating portion accommodating a battery; a display portion that displays the image data generated by the image pickup element or image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the image pickup element to predetermined processing; and a control portion having a live view mode controlling so that the image data generated by the image pickup element or the image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the image pickup element to predetermined processing is displayed on the display portion as a moving image in real time, wherein when the battery cover is opened when the live view mode is set, the control portion controls so that the digital camera comes out of the live view mode, and the movable mirror enters the optical path of the image pickup optical system.