Electronic camera with an alarm function

A digital camera comprising an optical lens system that picks up an image of an object, a CCD, a sample and hold circuit, an AID converter, a color process circuit, a timer that records the present time or counts down a set time, a key-in unit that sets an alarm time, a display comprising a plurality of information means capable of selecting information with or without sound, a vibrator, an LED display, a speaker, and a controller 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 has ended, and causes the selected information means to inform the user that the set time has come or run out.