Patent ID: 7511757
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera having a movable mirror provided so as to enter or retract with respect to an optical path of an image pickup optical system for purpose of guiding a subject image to an optical viewfinder, comprising: an image pickup element that captures the subject image formed by the image pickup optical system to generate image data when the movable mirror retracts from the optical path of the image pickup optical system; a display portion that displays the generated image data or image data obtained by subjecting the generated image data to predetermined processing; and a control portion having a live view mode controlling so that the generated image data or the image data obtained by subjecting the generated image data to predetermined processing is displayed as a moving image in real time on the display portion, and a burst mode generating a plurality of image data with a single image pickup operation, wherein, in the live view mode, the control portion controls so that the generated image data or the image data obtained by subjecting the generated image data to predetermined processing is displayed on the display portion every time image data is generated in the burst mode.