Imaging apparatus with display and image display apparatus
A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. In a reproducing mode, display posture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen.
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an imaging device for photoelectrically converting a subject image to a captured image;
a main body containing said imaging device and having a long shape;
a display of a touch panel type for displaying said captured image; and
a release key of a touch panel type for recording said captured image, said release key being displayed in a lower area of said display in a long-side direction of said main body,
wherein a selected taking mode is displayed above said release key, and
further comprising a blank area provided in said lower area of said display,
wherein said release key and said selected taking mode are displayed in said blank area.