Digital camera and ejection mechanism for memory card in mobile instrument

1. A digital camera comprising:

a small memory card receiving member configured to receive a small memory card;

a large memory card receiving member configured to receive a large memory card wherein a size of said large memory card in a forward/rearward direction of the digital camera body is larger than a size of said small memory card in the forward/rearward direction; and

a projecting portion having an inclined portion which protrudes in a forward direction toward a bottom portion of the digital camera body, said projecting portion being located below a lens barrel of said digital camera and protruding more in a forward direction than in a rearward direction;

wherein said small memory card receiving member and said large memory card receiving member are provided within said projecting portion in the digital camera body, said small memory card receiving member being located above the large memory card receiving member and located within the inclined portion in the digital camera body; and

wherein a front end of said small memory card receiving member is located at a position more rearward than a front end of said large memory card receiving member.

2. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein said large memory card receiving member comprises a PC card receiving member, and said small memory card receiving member comprises a CF card receiving member.

3. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein a side surface of the digital camera body is provided with an opening providing access to said small and large memory card receiving members.

4. A digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein said small memory card receiving member and said large memory card receiving member are provided in a housing which is a part of the camera body, wherein a front portion of the housing extends beneath the camera lens and a rear portion of the housing is substantially flush with the rear portion of the camera body.

5. An ejection mechanism for a memory card in a mobile instrument, comprising:

a small memory card receiving member which is configured to removably receive a small memory card;

a large memory card receiving member which is configured to removably receive a large memory card, wherein a size of said large memory card receiving member in a direction perpendicular to a memory card insertion direction thereof is larger than a size of the small memory card receiving member in the direction perpendicular to the insertion direction;

an ejector button for ejecting the large memory card that is received by the large memory card receiving member; wherein

said small memory card receiving member extends in a plane parallel to a major plane of said large memory card receiving member; and

said ejector button is provided in a space on at least one side of said small memory card receiving member and disposed entirely within a major plane of the small memory card receiving member, said ejector button remaining within the major plane upon actuation of said ejector button.

6. The ejection mechanism for a memory card in a mobile instrument according to claim 5 , wherein said small memory card receiving member is located above said large memory card receiving member.

7. The ejection mechanism for a memory card in a mobile instrument according to claim 5 , wherein said large memory card receiving member comprises a PC card receiving member, and the small memory card receiving member comprises a CF card receiving member.

8. The ejection mechanism for a memory card in a mobile instrument according to claim 5 , wherein a side surface of a mobile instrument is provided with an opening providing access to said small and large memory card receiving members.

9. The ejection mechanism for a memory card in a mobile instrument according to claim 5 , wherein the mobile instrument comprises a digital camera.

10. The ejector mechanism for a memory card in a mobile instrument according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a further ejector button for ejecting the small memory card that is received by said small memory card receiving member;

wherein said ejector button is positioned on substantially a same horizontally extending plane as said further ejector button.

11. The ejector mechanism for a memory card in a mobile instrument according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a further ejector button for ejecting the small memory card that is received by said small memory card receiving member.

12. The ejector mechanism for a memory card in a mobile instrument according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a further ejector button for ejecting the small memory card that is received by said small memory card receiving member;

wherein said ejector button and said further ejector button are positioned at opposite ends of the small memory card receiving member.