Patent ID: 7499640

Claim:
An image-recording apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display an image photographed by a sensing device and subjected to a predetermined signal processing; an illuminating unit configured to emit light by discharging charges charged in a capacitor on photographing; a power source unit capable of selectively using any one of plural kinds of power sources; a power source detector configured to detect which one of the plural kinds of power sources is being used in the power source unit; and a control circuit connected to each of the display unit, the illuminating unit, the power source unit, and the power source detector, wherein the display unit is configured to display the image and the capacitor is configured to be charged by using the power source in the power source unit, and the control circuit is configured to control the display unit so that when the power source detector detects that the power source unit uses a specified one of the power sources, the display unit is operated even during charging the capacitor, whereas when the power source detector detects that a power source other than said specified one is being used in the power source unit, the display unit is set in no operation during charging the capacitor.