Patent ID: 6393216
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera system comprising:a photographic device which photographs an image of an object; an image pick up device which picks up an image of an object; a monitor device which displays a picked up image to check the photographed image; an instruction device which instructs recording of a photographed image; a recording device responsive to the instruction device which records a photographed image, the recording device having a singular recording mode of recording a photographed image on a storage medium each time recording is instructed by the instruction device and a continuous recording mode of recording photographed images on the storage medium during the time when recording is being instructed by the instruction device; and a control device which controls the monitor device so as to display a picked up image in a first display mode, the first display mode having a first prescribed timing between recording and image display that corresponds to the singular recording mode, and so as to display a picked up image in a second display mode, the second display mode having a second prescribed timing between recording and image display that corresponds to the continuous recording mode, where the second timing is different from the first timing.