Patent ID: 7860389
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A photographic device comprising: acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of parameters; selection means for selecting a given number of shooting modes matched with shooting conditions in priority orders from a plurality of shooting modes previously prepared based on acquired parameters from the acquisition means in accordance with a priority arrangement therebetween such that one or more of the acquired parameters are given higher priority than other acquired parameters, in which a present date, a time of day, and a distance from the photographic device to an object being focused are all high priority parameters; display control means for juxtapositionally displaying images indicating the shooting modes selected by the selection means in priority orders; and shooting control means for taking photos in a shooting mode indicated by an image which has been selected by a user from the images displayed by the display control means, the given number is at least two and less than the number of previously prepared shooting modes.