Abstract: A camera comprising a housing having similar length front, rear and bottom walls, and a cover-handle for the housing pivotable between folded and extended positions relative to the housing to uncover and recover at least a taking lens opening in the front wall, is characterized in that the cover-handle has a cavity within which the front and rear walls of the housing are partially located and the bottom wall of the housing is completely located when the cover handle is pivoted to its extended position, in order to provide an extension of the housing that makes the housing more easy to hold.

Abstract: A protective housing for a camera comprising a pouch adapted to contain the camera, is characterized in that the pouch has at least one pivotable portion that can be pivoted about a pivot axis to open the pouch in order to allow the camera to be inserted into the pouch, and a manually depressible actuating button is supported on the pouch at the pivot axis to be able to be depressed along the pivot axis to similarly depress a shutter release button of the camera in order to initiate picture-taking.

Abstract: In combination with a digital recording medium having recorded thereon individually addressable digital data files containing still images, motion sequences and sound sequences, an index print, having a plurality of index images representing the still images, motion sequences and sound sequences on the digital recording medium, the index images including a subject matter descriptor, an index code usable for addressing the individual digital data files, and a type indicator for indicating the type of subject matter contained in the data file.