Patent ID: 8670061

Claim:
A photography device comprising: a display control section that effects control such that an electronic image, that is obtained by capturing a photographic subject via a photographic lens and that corresponds to set photographing conditions, is displayed on a display portion; a guiding section that guides, to an eyepiece portion, at least one of an electronic image displayed on the display portion and an optical image of the photographic subject that is incident optically, or a composite image that merges both; and a guiding control section that, in a state in which the optical image has been guided to the eyepiece portion and the electronic image and the composite image have not been guided to the eyepiece portion, if the photographing conditions are changed, carries out first control that controls the guiding section such that the composite image is guided to the eyepiece portion, and, if a predetermined time elapses after the first control or a predetermined operation is carried out by a user after the first control, carries out second control that controls the guiding section such that the optical image is guided to the eyepiece portion and the electronic image and the composite image are not guided to the eyepiece portion.