BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to an image capturing apparatus, such as a digital video camera for professional use, and more particularly to an image capturing apparatus equipped with a plurality of external input/output terminals.

Description of the Related Art

Digital video cameras for professional use are used for shooting in a state connected to a plurality of external devices, such as an external monitor and an external recorder, via cables and the like. Therefore, each digital video camera includes a plurality of external input/output terminals for connection to the external devices. Further, it is desired that the digital video camera for professional use is excellent in maneuverability at shooting sites and also compact in size.

As the above-described digital video camera, there has been proposed, for example, an image capturing apparatus which includes a plurality of input/output terminals, a cooling fan, an air inlet port, a duct, and an air outlet port, and in which the plurality of input/output terminals are arranged adjacent to the air outlet port (see e.g. Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 2016-134814).

In the above-mentioned conventional technique, however, sufficient measures are not taken from the viewpoint of reducing the size of the image capturing apparatus itself, particularly a size in a width direction thereof, and hence there is a demand for developing an image capturing apparatus that is made compact in the size in the width direction.

In other words, in an image capturing apparatus, such as the image capturing apparatus disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 2016-134814, in which a plurality of external input/output terminals and an air outlet port are arranged adjacent to each other, there is a problem that the size of an image capturing apparatus body in the width direction is increased.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides an image capturing apparatus that is made compact in the size of an apparatus body, particularly the size in a width direction thereof, without impairing operability thereof.

The present invention provides an image capturing apparatus comprising connection terminals for connecting external devices thereto, an air inlet port via which air is drawn in for cooling heat sources of an apparatus body, and an air outlet port via which the air is discharged, wherein a connection terminal arrangement surface where the connection terminals are arranged and an air outlet port arrangement surface where the air outlet port is arranged form respective different surfaces, and also are inclined at predetermined angles with respect to an optical axis, respectively, and wherein the connection terminal arrangement surface and the air outlet port arrangement surface are arranged to be displaced in a left-right direction, as viewed from a side of the image capturing apparatus, and also are arranged to overlap each other, as viewed from a front of the image capturing apparatus.

According to the present invention, the connection terminal arrangement surface where the connection terminals are arranged and the air outlet port arrangement surface where the air outlet port is arranged form different surfaces, and also are inclined at predetermined angles with respect to the optical axis, respectively. Further, the connection terminal arrangement surface and the air outlet port arrangement surface are arranged to be displaced in a left-right direction, as viewed from a side of the image capturing apparatus. Further, the two arrangement surfaces are arranged to overlap each other, as viewed from a front of the image capturing apparatus. This makes it possible to reduce the size of the image capturing apparatus in the width direction.

Further features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments (with reference to the attached drawings).

