Patent ID: 8736749

Claim:
A photographing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, wherein the image capturing unit converts light into an electrical signal; a first blade having a length smaller than a length in a column direction of the image capturing unit, wherein the first blade makes a first movement to move from a side edge of the image capturing unit to an other side edge of the image capturing unit, and makes a second movement to move from the other side edge of the image capturing unit to the side edge of the image capturing unit; a second blade that is movable between a position in which the second blade moves to the side edge of the image capturing unit and a position in which the second blade covers the image capturing unit, wherein the second blade moves along with the first blade in a state where the second blade is spaced apart from the first blade by a predetermined distance when the first blade makes the first movement, and moves to the side edge of the image capturing unit together with the first blade when the first blade makes the second movement; a third blade that is movable between a position in which the third blade moves to the other side edge of the image capturing unit and a position in which the third blade covers the image capturing unit, wherein the third blade blocks light incident on the image capturing unit by moving along with the first blade, and moves to the other side edge of the image capturing unit to open the image capturing unit; and a controlling unit that resets the plurality of pixels in the rows of the image capturing unit when the plurality of pixels is in a position in the image capturing unit corresponding to the first blade while the first blade makes the first movement.