The invention belongs to the technical field of electronic products, and particularly relates to a camera with a distance measuring function. The camera comprises a shell, a camera lens, a big display screen, a small display screen, control buttons, an infrared distance measuring device, an AD conversion circuit and a single chip microcomputer, wherein the camera and the big display screen are arranged on the shell, the small display screen and the control buttons are arranged at the position, at the right side of the big display screen, of the shell, the infrared distance measuring device is arranged at the left side of the camera lens, and the AD conversion circuit and the single chip microcomputer are arranged in the shell. The camera with the distance measuring function detects the distance in the photo taking process and displays the distance through the independent display screen, it is avoided that due to the limited shooting level, people regret about missing shooting moments difficult to repeat as people cannot master the photo taking distance, and a common-level photographer can take high-level photos.