Patent ID: 7277131
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic camera comprising: an image-capturing element; a recording device that records image data constituted of image capturing signals output from the image-capturing element into a data recording medium; a control device that calculates a number of frames of image data that have been recorded or can be recorded into the data recording medium; a display device at which the number of frames is displayed; a power switch of the electronic camera; a data recording medium detection device that detects presence/absence of the data recording medium; and a switch detection device that detects whether the power switch is in an ON state or an OFF state, wherein the control device controls the display device so as to display at least the number of frames when the power switch is in the OFF state, and wherein when the power switch is detected to be in the OFF state by the switch detection device, the control device controls the display device so as to display at least the number of frames at the display device over a predetermined length of time in response to a detection of the presence of the data recording medium by the data recording medium detection device.