Patent ID: 7634180
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device having a shake correction device which corrects image shake by moving a portion of a photographic lens or by moving an imaging element, and which is capable of displaying images obtained from the imaging element as a live view on a monitor prior to photography, the imaging device comprising: a switching device which switches ON/OFF of the shake correction device; and a display control device which turns OFF a display of the live view on the monitor for a predetermined period of time, upon deactivation of the shake correction device by the switching device, wherein the shake correction device centers while the display of the live view on the monitor is turned OFF when the shake correction device is deactivated by the switching device, and the display control device turns ON the display upon completion of the centering of the shake correction device.