Patent ID: 7042502
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic camera, comprising: an image-capturing device that stores a signal electrical charge achieved by performing photoelectric conversion on a subject image projected on a photosensitive surface and reads out the signal electrical charge to generate an image signal; a photographing preparation device that executes photographing preparations including a mechanical operation for photoelectric conversion performed at the image-capturing device; a mirror mechanism; a shutter mechanism; and an aperture mechanism, wherein the photographing preparations include a mirror down performed by the mirror mechanism; the photographic preparation device executes at least the mirror down performed by the mirror mechanism for photographing a next frame during an electrical charge read period at the image-capturing device; and the photographing preparation device completes a shutter charge performed by the shutter mechanism and the mirror down performed by the mirror mechanism to enable photographing of the next frame and starts a mirror up performed by the mirror mechanism and aperture control performed by the aperture mechanism to enable photographing of the next frame during an electrical charge read period at the image capturing device.