Patent ID: 6734910
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An electronic camera comprising:image picking-up means for picking up an image of a subject being photographed; display means for displaying the image; first display control means for controlling the display means to display, as a current finder image, the image picked up by the image picking-up means, immediately after the picking-up operation; second display control means for controlling the display means so as to display, as a previous finder image, the image picked up by the image picking-up means, upon the passing of a predetermined time from the picking-up of the image; display selection means for selecting as a finder image displaying state of the display means, one of a first finder image displaying state in which at least the current finder image is displayed by the display means in accordance with the control of the first display control means, and a second finder image displaying state in which at least the previous finder image is displayed by the display means in accordance with the control of the second display control means; shoot instructing means for instructing the image pick-up means to perform shooting; retention-image recording means for recording the image picked up by the image picking-up means as a retention-image; first record control means for controlling the retention-image recording means to record for retention, when the image picking-up means is instructed by the shoot instructing means to perform shooting and the first finder image displaying state is selected by the display selection means, an image corresponding to the current finder image displayed by the display means at a shoot instruction time point, as a shot image; and second record control means for, controlling the retention-image recording means to record for retention an image corresponding to the previous finder image displayed by the display means at the shoot instruction time point, as a shot image, when the image picking-up means is instructed by the shoot instructing means to perform shooting and the second finder image displaying state is selected by the display selection means.