Abstract: An imaging device includes a camera housed and suspended above a hand held base platform. A supporting arm fixed to the base platform supports the camera. The base platform has a support surface facing the camera. The support surface is intended for supporting an object pictured by the camera. In use a user holds the base platform in one hand with an object to be pictured by the camera resting on the base platform. The base platform may be sized so that a user can simultaneously hold the base platform and grip the item on the base platform. The item may be for example a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (PDA) or similar hand held electronic device. The imaging device is particularly useful in a training or lecturing environment where the user may remain mobile while projecting images of the object held on the base platform and manipulating the object on the base platform at the same time.