Patent ID: 8162548

Claim:
An image pick-up apparatus that can be equipped with a strap, comprising: an image pick-up unit adapted to take a picture of a subject; an operation unit adapted to be operated to instruct the image pick-up unit to perform an image-pickup operation; and a strap mount adapted to be tightly connected to the strap, which is provided with a strap body that is an elastic string and a rigid fitting part fixed to at least one end of the strap body, wherein the fitting part has a tip portion on which projections are formed at two opposite positions on a circumference thereof so as to be projected from a center in a radial direction, wherein the strap mount is formed in a concave shape so that the tip portion can be fitted, and a pair of guide parts are formed on an inner circumferential side wall of the concave shape so that the projections are fitted to the guide parts by twisting the fitting part when the tip portion is inserted, and wherein the tip portion has a pair of movable hooks that can slide along slots formed on the projections, and the guide parts have holes to which the hooks are connected respectively when the projections are fitted.