A viewfinder of a photographing apparatus to monitor a photographed image.
The viewfinder of the photographing apparatus has a viewfinder body
disposed to be drawn inside of the photographing apparatus body and
outside of the photographing apparatus body, and a driving unit to drive
the drawing-in and drawing-out of the viewfinder body. Moreover, when an
outer LCD, which is disposed at an outer part of the photographing
apparatus body, is rotated by a predetermined degree in a state that the
viewfinder body is drawn outside of the photographing apparatus body, the
viewfinder body is automatically drawn inside of the photographing
apparatus body. On the other hand, when the outer LCD is rotated on a
rotating axis on a plane of the outer LCD and faces an object, the
viewfinder body is drawn out again to the outside of the photographing
apparatus body. Therefore, the viewfinder of the photographing apparatus
can be drawn in and drawn out of the photographing apparatus body in
accordance with driving of the driving unit. Accordingly, the appearance
of the camcorder becomes more appealing to the eye, and storing and
handling of the product becomes easier.