Patent ID: 7317486
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic image pickup apparatus, comprising: an image forming lens and an image pickup device which receives an image from said lens; an image display unit which displays an image received by said image pickup device as a taken image; and a controller which controls the electronic image pickup apparatus, the controller being operable in a panorama mode to save a plurality of images as a group of images associated with each other, and the controller being operable in a normal mode to save such plurality of images as separate images; wherein said controller is further operable to control an exposure time of said image pickup device; and wherein said controller automatically limits said exposure time to be not longer than a predetermined time when said image display unit displays said taken image in said normal mode, and permits said exposure time to be longer than said predetermined time only when said image display unit displays said taken image in said panorama mode.