Patent ID: 8154614

Claim:
An electronic camera comprising: an imaging means which produces moving-picture image information by imaging an object via an imaging optical system; an imaging parameter detection means which detects at least one imaging parameter of the imaging optical system; a medium recording means which receives the moving-picture image information produced by the imaging means and the at least one imaging parameter detected by the imaging parameter detection means, and records the moving-picture image information and the at least one imaging parameter on a recording medium as recorded information; a medium playback means which reads out the recorded information from the recording medium; a time period discriminating means which receives the at least one imaging parameter from the recorded information read out by the medium playback means, and discriminates time periods during which the received at least one imaging parameter agrees with at least one pre-set condition; and a playback display means which plays back and displays the moving-picture image information contained in the recorded information in accordance with results of the discrimination performed by the time period discriminating means; wherein: the imaging parameter detection means detects focal point adjustment conditions of the imaging optical system as the at least one imaging parameter; the time period discriminating means receives the focal point adjustment conditions from the recorded information read out by the medium playback means, and discriminates out-of-focus periods in which the focal point adjustment conditions represent an out-of-focus state; and the playback display means plays back and displays the moving-picture image information contained in the recorded information only during time periods other than the out-of-focus periods detected by the time period discriminating means.