Patent ID: 7768565
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic camera, comprising: an image-capturing device which captures an image of a subject; a display section which displays the image outputted from said image-capturing device in real time during continuous capturing as a confirmation moving image before an instruction for capturing; and a control unit which performs feedback control that is a repetition of a loop that performs correction of a capturing condition based on a brightness of the image outputted from said image-capturing device, so that an exposure of said confirmation moving image before an instruction for capturing approaches a correct value, wherein in a first loop immediately after the feedback control starts, said control unit sets at least a high-exposing capturing condition having a long charge storage time to include without saturation a whole range of brightness when a dark subject is to be imaged and a low-exposing capturing condition having a short charge storage time to include without saturation a whole range of brightness when a bright subject is to be imaged, and based on levels of brightness outputted from said image-capturing device for at least two images under said capturing conditions, the control unit sets a value of said correction using a full correction strength that lets an image outputted following the images to instantly obtain a correct exposure.