To improve operability by automatically switching one-step operation and two-step operation in accordance with mode switching.

This switch for a camcorder having a moving image mode and a still image mode is provided with a rotary switch 6 rotatable in accordance with an operation mode while being slidably held at a body, a trigger button 7 to be rotated integrally with the switch 6, and a rotary member 11 provided with a shaft 11a for pivoting the switch 6 and rotatably supported on the body side. The operation member 11 is provided with a 1st switch part for executing one-step operation correspondingly to one operation mode and a 2nd switch part arranged so as to be separated from the 1st switch part so as to execute two-step operation corresponding to the other operation mode.