Patent ID: 8018497

Claim:
An image pick-up apparatus comprising: an image pick-up unit; a display; a shooting control unit which controls the image pick-up unit to shoot an object using a first exposure condition a plurality of times, and to shoot the object using a second exposure condition a plurality of times, wherein the second exposure condition is different from the first exposure condition; a recording control unit for recording the image data shot using the first exposure condition and moving image data including plural pieces of image data sequentially shot using the second exposure condition to a memory unit in association with each other; a display mode setting unit for setting one of a first display mode for displaying the image data shot using the first exposure condition, and a second display mode for playing the moving image data shot using the second exposure condition; a first display control unit for continuously displaying on the display a still image of the image data shot using the first exposure condition recorded in the memory unit, when the first display mode is set by the display mode setting unit, and for playing on the display the moving image data shot using the second exposure condition recorded in the memory unit, when the second display mode is set by the display mode setting unit; and an instruction detecting unit for detecting a frame advancing/retreating operation instruction when the first display mode is set by the display mode setting unit; wherein when the instruction detecting unit detects the frame advancing/retreating operation instruction in the first display mode, the first display control unit displays one of (i) a still image of image data that was shot using the first exposure condition just before the image data that is currently being displayed, and (ii) a still image of image data which was shot using the first exposure condition just after the image data that is currently being displayed.