Patent ID: 7154550

Claim:
An electronic camera, comprising: an outputter for repeatedly outputting an object scene image having a low resolution when an instruction key is in a non-operative state and outputting a single frame of object scene image having a high resolution before suspending an output process when said instruction key has been shifted from the non-operative state to an operative state; a first displayer for displaying on a monitor a moving image based on the object scene images repeatedly outputted from said outputter when said instruction key is in the non-operative state; a recorder for performing a recording process on the single frame of object scene image outputted from said outputter when said instruction key has been shifted from the non-operative state to the operative state; a second displayer for displaying on said monitor a still image based on the object scene image to be subjected to the recording process by said recorder; and a determiner for starting a determining process to repeatedly determine whether or not said instruction key has been restored from the operative state to the non-operative state prior to said second displayer starting a display process, and permits the display process of said second displayer when a determination result is negative, while prohibits the display process of said second displayer when the determination result is affirmative.