Image pickup apparatus having plurality of external connection terminals

A digital video camera comprising:

• a flat surface which has a plurality of holes formed on a top of an apparatus main body;
• a battery attachment part formed on a rear of the apparatus main body;
• a plurality of inclined faces formed on a side surface in a width direction of the apparatus main, the width direction being perpendicular to an optical axis, wherein the plurality of inclined faces are inclined in a direction such that rear ends of the respective inclined faces come closer to the optical axis than front ends of the respective inclined faces;
• and
• a plurality of external connection terminals provided on the respective plurality of inclined faces,
• wherein the plurality of inclined faces are arranged at positions so as not to overlap each other when viewed from the width direction of the apparatus main body, and are arranged at a position such that at least a part of the inclined faces overlap each other when viewed from a direction of the optical axis, and
• wherein shapes or sizes of external connection terminals provided on one of the plurality of inclined faces are different from each other.

A digital video camera comprising:

• a flat surface which has a plurality of holes formed on a top of an apparatus main body;
• a battery attachment part formed on a rear of the apparatus main body;
• a plurality of inclined faces formed on a side surface in a width direction of the apparatus main body, the width direction being perpendicular to an optical axis, wherein the plurality of inclined faces are inclined in a direction such that rear ends of the respective inclined faces come closer to the optical axis than front ends of the respective inclined faces;
• and
• a plurality of external connection terminals provided on the respective plurality of inclined faces,
• wherein the plurality of inclined faces are arranged at positions so as not to overlap each other when viewed from the width direction of the apparatus main body, and are arranged at a position such that at least a part of the inclined faces overlap each other when viewed from a direction of the optical axis,
• wherein the number of external connection terminals provided on a first inclined face among the plurality of inclined faces is different from the number of external connection terminals provided on a second inclined face, among the plurality of inclined faces, other than the first inclined face, and
• wherein shapes or sizes of external connection terminals provided on one of the first inclined face and the second inclined face are different from each other.

A digital video camera comprising:

• an apparatus main body including (a) a top, (b) a front where a lens is detachably mountable, (c) a rear where a battery is detachably mountable, and (d) a side surface between the front and the rear,
• wherein a plurality of faces are formed on the side surface, the plurality of faces being inclined in a direction such that, when viewed from the top, rear ends of the respective faces come closer to an optical axis of the digital video camera than front ends of the respective faces, and such that the direction, when viewed from the top, forms an acute angle with the optical axis,
• wherein the plurality of faces comprises (a) a first face on which are provided a plurality of external connection terminals and (b) a second face on which are provided a plurality of external connection terminals, the first face being a more rearward face than the second face,
• wherein the plurality of external connection terminals of the first face include (a) a plurality of serial digital interface terminals and (b) a terminal used for remotely controlling the digital video camera, and
• at least one of the following two conditions is satisfied:
• (1) there are a smaller number of external connection terminals on the second face than upon the first face;
• and
• (2) the plurality of external connection terminals on the first face include an external connection terminal having a shape or size different from that of the plurality of external connection terminals on the second face.