Patent ID: 7619677

Claim:
An electronic camera for capturing a taken image as digital data and for reproducing the taken image, said electronic camera comprising: an image display panel disposed at a rear side of said electronic camera and having a screen whose size is substantially identical with that of said rear side, an image display area for displaying the taken image being defined within said screen of said image display panel; a touch sensor for sensing the entire screen to detect a contact position where a hand of a shooter touches said screen; and a display controller for controlling said image display panel in accordance with said contact position, said display controller changing said image display area so as to evade said contact position wherein said display controller enlarges or reduces said image display area in a condition that an aspect ratio identical with that of the taken image is maintained, and the taken image to be displayed within said image display area is enlarged or reduced in accordance with the changed image display area so as to maintain said aspect ratio; a touch operation panel disposed on an outer surface of said electronic camera excepting said rear side, said touch operation panel having an operational screen for displaying an operating portion including a release button with which a release operation is performed, and an operational instruction being inputted by touching said operating portion; wherein a display position of said release button is changed in accordance with a change of said contact position.