Method for operating a digital photographing apparatus using a touch screen and a digital photographing apparatus using the method

A method for operating a digital photographing apparatus having a touch screen is provided. The method includes: detecting if a menu button for changing shooting information of a digital photographing apparatus has been pressed by a user; displaying icons on a display panel to illustrate which operating modes are currently set; detecting when a user has touched one of the displayed icons and, in response thereto, displaying menu icons that correspond to the touched icon; and, if a menu icon that is desired to be changed is touched among the displayed menu icons, performing a relevant function to change shooting information. According to the above method, shooting information of the camera can be simply changed by operating only the icons displayed on the touch screen. Thus, a unique camera operating method is provided whereby a user can easily and conveniently change and operate shooting information and images.