The present invention provides a camera in which a flash emission section is aligned with a self-timer light-emitting indicator section and the amount of slide of a slide door is minimized. The camera includes; a housing with an opening for an image-taking optical system and a first opening through which both the flash emission section and the self-timer light-emitting indicator section appear; and a slide door with a second opening having a cover partially attached thereto. The opening for the image-taking optical system, the first and second openings and the amount of slide of the slide door are arranged such that, when the slide door is closed, part of the first opening overlaps with part of the second opening and the overlapped part of the first opening is shielded by the cover provided in the second opening.
1. A camera which has an image-taking optical system and an image pickup device, and generates image data by forming object images on the image pickup device by the image-taking optical system, the camera comprising:
a self-timer mode for performing actual image-taking predetermined seconds after preparatory image-taking operation;
a flash emission section that emits light in sync with image-taking;
a self-timer light-emitting indicator section which notifies a user that image-taking in the self-timer mode is about to start and is aligned with the flash emission section away from the image-taking optical system;
a housing having an opening for the image-taking optical system through which the image-taking optical system appears, and a first opening through which both the flash emission section and the self-timer light-emitting indicator section appear; and
a slide door which opens and closes the opening for the image-taking optical system by sliding laterally over a front of the housing, and which has a second opening with a cover with light-diffusing and transmitting property, the second opening being arranged in front of the flash emission section and the self-timer light-emitting indicator section with the cover arranged in front of the self-timer light-emitting indicator section, when the slide door is opened,
wherein the opening for the image-taking optical system, the first and second openings and the amount of slide of the slide door are arranged such that, when the slide door is closed, part of the first opening overlaps with part of the second opening and the overlapped part of the first opening is shielded by the cover provided in the second opening.
2. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is fitted into the second opening of the slide door.
3. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein the housing further has a mouthpiece that transmits sound to a built-in microphone.
4. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein the housing further has an antiskid member disposed on a back thereof, which is opposite the front where the opening for the image-taking optical system is formed, the antiskid member preventing the thumb of the right hand of a user from slipping when the user holds the camera with the right hand during shooting.
5. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein the housing further has:
a contact surface that is overlapped by and contacts the slide door,
a wall that extends along an end surface of the slide door, and
a groove that is formed in the wall such that the groove meets the contact surface, the groove being recessed away from and extending along the end surface of the slide door.