Patent ID: 8390716

Claim:
An imaging apparatus including a display monitor for displaying an image, the imaging apparatus comprising: a grip portion formed on a right side of the imaging apparatus; a front leg portion formed on a front side upper part of the imaging apparatus; a rear leg portion formed on a rear side upper part of the imaging apparatus; a handle holding portion configured to connect the front leg portion and the rear leg portion; a pedestal portion which is formed further forward than the handle holding portion and configured to store the display monitor with a display surface of the display monitor face thereto; a projected portion formed further forward than the pedestal portion; and a hinge member one part of which is fixed to the display monitor and the other part of which is fixed to the projected portion, wherein the display monitor is drawn from a first state that the display monitor is stored in the pedestal portion to a second state that the display monitor is in an opposite side to the grip portion by rotating the display monitor in a first direction around a first rotating shaft of the hinge member, and wherein the display monitor is drawn from the first state that the display monitor is stored in the pedestal portion to a third state that the display monitor is in a side of the grip portion by rotating the display monitor in a second direction which is an opposite direction to the first direction around a first rotating shaft.