Electronic camera with an alarm function

A digital camera comprising an optical lens system ( 12 ) that picks up an image of an object, a CCD ( 13 ), a sample and hold circuit ( 16 ), an AID converter ( 17 ), a color process circuit ( 18 ), a timer ( 32 ) that records the present time or counts down a set time, a key-in unit ( 27 ) that sets an alarm time, a display ( 26 ) comprising a plurality of information means capable of selecting information with or without sound, a vibrator ( 30 ), an LED display ( 33 ), a speaker ( 35 ), and a controller ( 22 ) that selects at least one from the plurality of information means depending upon the pickup of an image being carried out when the timing operation by the timer ( 32 ) has ended, and causes the selected information means to inform the user that the set time has come or run out.