Patent ID: 8164684

Claim:
An electronic camera comprising: an image-capturing device that captures an image of a subject through a photographic lens; a brightness detection device that detects a subject brightness; a first exposure calculation circuit that performs an exposure calculation for main photographing by using an exposure sensitivity set at the image-capturing device, an exposure time length set at the image-capturing device, an aperture value set at the photographic lens, and the subject brightness detected by the brightness detection device, and calculates a first control exposure for main photographing by changing at least one of the exposure time length and the aperture value among the exposure sensitivity, the exposure time length and the aperture value if the correct exposure for main photographing is not achieved; a second exposure calculation circuit that automatically performs the exposure calculation for main photographing by using the exposure sensitivity set at the image-capturing device, the exposure time length set at the image-capturing device, the aperture value set at the photographing lens and the subject brightness detected by the brightness detection device, calculates a second control exposure for main photographing automatically, and corrects the automatically calculated second control exposure by changing the exposure sensitivity for main photographing so as to achieve the correct exposure for main photographing if the automatically calculated second control exposure does not achieve the correct exposure; and a control circuit that automatically allows the first exposure calculation circuit to calculate the first control exposure and also automatically disallows the second exposure calculation circuit to calculate the second control exposure if a specific condition is satisfied when main photographing is executed, and automatically disallows the first exposure calculation circuit to calculate the first control exposure and also automatically allows the second exposure calculation circuit to calculate the second control exposure if the specific condition is not satisfied.