Patent ID: 8045051

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body including a recording and reproducing unit that houses a main recording medium and records an information signal in and reproduces the information signal from the main recording medium; and an auxiliary recording medium unit that is detachably mounted on a mounting section of the apparatus main body and houses an auxiliary recording medium separate from the main recording medium, during imaging, the apparatus main body being placed on one shoulder of a camera operator and a grip section provided on a front surface side of the apparatus main body is gripped, wherein the mounting section is formed between the grip section and the recording and reproducing unit on a side surface on the opposite side of a side surface on the camera operator side of the apparatus main body during imaging, and the auxiliary recording medium unit is detachably attachable during imaging, and wherein the auxiliary recording medium is detachably inserted in a housing section of the auxiliary recording medium unit, and the housing section of the auxiliary recording medium unit includes a lid member for rotably opening and closing the housing section, and wherein at least an editing button is formed on the lid member for editing recorded data of the auxiliary recording medium.