Patent ID: 8588603

Claim:
An imaging apparatus having a light emission unit and a pop-up mechanism configured to move the light emission unit between a storage position at which the light emission unit is stored in the imaging apparatus body and a pop-up position in which the light emission unit protrudes from the imaging apparatus body, the imaging apparatus comprising: the pop-up mechanism including: a moving member configured to move when the imaging apparatus changes from an off state in which imaging is not enabled to an on state in which imaging is enabled; and a switching member configured to switch a state of the light emission unit between a linked state in which the light emission unit links with the moving member and an unlinked state in which the light emission unit does not link with the moving member, wherein if the switching member switches the state of the light emission unit from the unlinked state to the linked state, the light emission unit moves from the storage position to the pop-up position linked with a moving of the moving member when the imaging apparatus is changed from the off state to the on state, wherein if the switching member switches the state of the light emission unit from the linked state to the unlinked state, the light emission unit is maintained at the storage position regardless of a moving of the moving member when the imaging apparatus changes from the off state to the on state, and wherein in a case when the image apparatus is in the on state in which the light emission unit is maintained at the storage position, and if the switching member switches the state of the light emission unit from the unlinked state to the linked state, the light emission unit moves from the storage position to the pop-up position without a moving of the moving member.