A camera includes an outer cover; a lens barrel which is housed inside the outer cover in the state that a front face of the lens barrel is substantially in flush with a front face portion of the outer cover surrounding the front face of the lens barrel, whereas when the lens barrel is in a photographing-waiting state in which photographing is possible, the front face of the lens barrel is projected from said surrounding front face portion of the outer cover; a lens barrel state selector for selecting either one of setting the lens barrel in the housed state and keeping the lens barrel at a position in the photographing-waiting state, when a power supply of the camera is turned off; and a controller for controlling the camera such that the lens barrel is set in the housed state when the power supply of the camera is turned off in the state that the lens barrel state selector is selecting setting the lens barrel in the housed state, whereas the lens barrel is kept at the position in the photographing-waiting state when the power supply of the camera is turned off in the state that the selector is selecting keeping the lens barrel at the position in the photograph-waiting state.