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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1998
Kenichi Morinaga, Osaka, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic still camera comprises: a image pick-up section including a front surface and a image pick-up lens provided on the front surface; an image receiving section having a rear surface and a monitor provided on the rear surface, for displaying an image which has been taken; and a connecting portion for pivotally connecting between one end of the image pick-up section and one end of the image receiving section, the connecting portion including a vertical shaft such that the monitor is set being opposite to the image pick-up lens when the image receiving section is rotated backward round the vertical shaft, and the monitor is set being faced with the image pick-up lens when the image receiving section is rotated forward round the vertical shaft.