Patent ID: 7176964
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic still camera comprising: an image pickup unit which picks up an object image to generate a frame image, the image pickup unit having a single pickup mode of picking up the object image to generate a single frame image, and a continuous pickup mode of picking up the object image continuously to generate a plurality of continuous frame images, the continuous pickup mode including a plurality of continuous pickup modes, each continuous pickup mode being different from a mode designating an output television scheme; a display unit which displays the frame image; and a controller which controls the display unit to display the frame image in a display manner specialized to the pickup mode in which the frame image is generated, wherein the display manner specialized to the single pickup mode is to display in a format of a single frame image, and the display manner specialized to the continuous pickup mode is to display in a format of a plurality of continuous frame images at the same time,