Patent ID: 7750965
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup device which takes an image of a subject and generates an image signal; an operation device in which first operation and second operation are independently acceptable; a detection device that detects the first operation and second operation of the operation device; a memory device which loads and stores the image signal from the image pickup device when the first operation of the operation device is detected by the detection device; a preview image display device which performs predetermined display processing to the image signal stored in the memory device and displays a preview image on a monitor in accordance with the processed image signal; a first device which stops display of the preview image, and which performs predetermined recording processing to the image signal stored in the memory device and records the processed image signal on a recording medium as image data when the first operation of the operation device is detected by the detection device during display of the preview image; and a second device which stops displa of the preview image when the second operation of the operation device is detected by the detection device during display of the preview image, wherein the operation device is a release button, and the first operation is a single push of the release button and the second operation is a double push of the release button.