Patent ID: 6961086
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A photographing apparatus provided with a picture-taking device which photographs a subject, comprising: a transmission type chart to be attached to said photographing apparatus and having at least a chromatic color portion; a storage device which stores a color reproduction target value for the chromatic color portion of said chart; and a correction device which corrects a color correction coefficient of image data obtained by photographing by said photographing apparatus, on the basis of image data obtained by photographing an achromatic color portion of a subject by said picture-taking device through the chromatic color portion of said chart and on the basis of the color reproduction target value stored in said storage device, wherein said chart is substantially disc-shaped, and is structured so as to be rotatable around a shaft parallel to an optical axis of said picture-taking device, and has a chromatic color portion and anachromatic color portion, each having at least a single color, on a disc surface thereof; and said photographing apparatus further comprises a rotating device which rotates said chart such that the single-color chromatic color portion and the single-color achromatic color portion thereof are selectively positioned on the optical axis of said picture-taking device.