Patent ID: 7463288
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera comprising: an image-pickup device which photoelectrically converts an object image to an electric signal in an image-taking operation; an image processing circuit which applies image processing to the electric signal from the image-pickup device and generates image data; a recording circuit which records the image data in a recording medium; a setting section which is adapted to set an ordinary mode in which single image data is generated through one time image-taking operation and a bracket mode in which a plurality of image data are generated through one time image-taking operation, the number of image data generated in the bracket mode being a predetermined number; a control circuit which (a) detects remaining capacity of the recording medium, (b) predicts data amount of single image data, (c) calculates remaining number of image data to be recorded in the recording medium based on the remaining capacity of the recording medium and the predicted data amount of single image data when the ordinary mode is set, and (d) calculates remaining number of the image-taking operation in the bracket mode by dividing the remaining number of image data by the predetermined number of image data when the bracket mode is set; and a display unit which displays the remaining number of image data when the ordinary mode is set, and displays the remaining number of the image-taking operation when the bracket mode is set.