Patent ID: 7852395
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera comprising: a first image pickup section photographing a recording-purpose image; a viewfinder optical system including an eyepiece section capable of observing an optical image of a subject with a light flux from a photographing optical path of said first image pickup section; a second image pickup section photographing a view confirming image from an optical path different from that of said first image pickup section; a displaying section providing said eyepiece section with said view confirming image; an operation section accepting from a user a displaying operation to ask for display of said view confirming image; a controlling section switching, based on an operation of said operation section, between a first state to provide said eyepiece section with said optical image and a second state to provide said eyepiece section with said view confirming image; and a photograph setting section, when in said second state, adjusting a photographing condition of said recording-purpose image based on an output of said second image pickup section.