the paper surface according to the digital camera a desired image part can be easily cut out and recorded without causing the user to set a trimming frame on the screen more specifically by merely writing the four marks m directly written on a white board or a paper surface on which a character group is written the desired image part 8 can be easily cut out and recorded a configuration of the components of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment a person skilled in the art can variously modify the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims for example the image part 8 as shown in fig6 can be recorded in the memory 5 or can also be printed by a printer not shown connected to the control circuit 4 in fig1 without being recorded in the memory 5 the mark m is not limited to those shown in fig2 and various marks can be employed furthermore the writing of the mark can also be performed by attaching to the white board a sticker printed with a mark the square cut out frame f defined by the four marks m surrounding a character group to be cut out includes a rectangle a rhombus a parallelogram.