Patent ID: 8305478

Claim:
An imaging device for outputting optical images of objects as electrical image signals, the imaging device comprising: an imaging optical system for forming the optical images of the objects; an imaging sensor for receiving the optical images of the objects formed by the imaging optical system, for converting the optical images into the electrical image signals, and for outputting the electrical image signals; an aspect ratio switching section for switching aspect ratios of shot images based on the outputted image signals; an image recording section for interrelating and recording the outputted image signals and aspect ratio information indicative of the aspect ratios; a display section for displaying reduced images based on the recorded image signals; a specification section for receiving a specification made by a user with respect to the aspect ratio information of the reduced images to be displayed on the display section; and an image display control section for determining a location and a display size of each of the reduced images on the display section, and the number of the reduced images displayed on the display section in accordance with the specified aspect ratio information, and for causing the reduced images to be displayed on the display section, wherein, when reduced images in which the aspect ratio information is different are displayed on the display section in a mixed manner, the image display control section causes reduced images, in which the aspect ratio information is common, to be displayed in clusters in a predetermined area on the display section.