Abstract: A panoramic camera having an ovoid-shaped housing with top and bottom ends. The camera has a lens near the top end of the housing, a display screen at the bottom end of the housing and an image sensor unit within the housing for capturing images. The camera also has a switch on the housing, where this switch is activatable by an operator of the camera for causing the camera to take a photograph or video. The panoramic camera is configured to be held in one hand by the camera operator when taking a photograph, with the switch being activatable by the same hand.