Recording medium cover locking device of image photography apparatus

摘要

A recording medium cover locking device of the image photography apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention comprising a recording medium cover, that can open or close, provided in the image photography apparatus; a lock member for locking or unlocking an opening/closing operation of the recording medium cover; and a restriction unit for restricting a movement of the lock member to inhibit the recording medium cover from being opened white the image photography apparatus is operating in a specific mode. Accordingly, in the image photography apparatus employing the optical disk as the information recording medium, the recording medium cover is not opened while the image photography apparatus is operating in the specific mode, and so it is possible to prevent the optical disk from being damaged or disturbed while recording.