Patent ID: 7224396

Claim:
A still image pick-up device comprising: a photoelectric converter on which image pick-up light from a subject is incident to convert the image pick-up light into an electric signal and pick-up an image; a finder on which the image picked up by the photoelectric converter is displayed; an infrared removing filter provided so as to be inserted into or retracted from an optical path of the image pick-up light to remove infrared components of the image pick-up light; an infrared light emitting part for applying infrared rays to the subject; an auxiliary light applying part for applying visible lights to the subject; a recording part for recording a still image picked up by the photoelectric converter; and a main control part for controlling the parts in accordance with the switching operation of processes including a framing process for displaying the image of the subject which is to be picked up on the finder, a focusing process for detecting the focusing position of a focus lens based on the pick-up image picked up by the photoelectric converter and a still image pick-up process for picking up and recording a still image, wherein the main control part controls the infrared removing optical filter to be retracted outside the optical path and infrared rays to be emitted from the infrared light emitting part in the framing process, the emission of infrared rays from the infrared light emitting part to be stopped and the visible lights to be emitted from the auxiliary light applying part in the focusing process, and the infrared removing optical filter to be inserted into the optical path and the focus lens to be moved to the focusing position detected during the focusing process to pick up a still image in the still image pick-up process.