Patent ID: 7903964

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a grip portion; a camera portion having an imaging optical system and an imaging device for capturing an image of a subject guided by the imaging optical system; a monitor portion for displaying the image captured by the camera portion and having a monitor casing portion having a width substantially equal to a width of the grip portion; and a flash for emitting imaging fill light; wherein the grip portion has a grip portion casing in the form of a flat plate, the grip portion casing having a width greater in dimension than its thickness and a length greater in dimension than the width; wherein the camera portion is connected to a longitudinal end of the grip portion casing so as to be rotatable about a first axis extending in the direction of the width; wherein the monitor portion is connected to the camera portion so as to be rotatable together with the camera portion about the first axis and is connected so as to be rotatable about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the second axis extending through the widthwide center of the monitor casing portion; wherein the flash is elongated longitudinally and is rotatable together with the camera portion and the monitor portion such that a longitudinal direction of the monitor portion, a longitudinal direction of the imaging device, and a longitudinal direction of the flash are coincident at all times; and wherein the imaging optical system of the camera portion has an optical axis located on the first axis.