Patent ID: 7710487

Claim:
An information display controlling method of an electronic camera, the electronic camera having a shutter button, a central processing unit, a focus lens and a display, comprising steps of: (a) imaging an object and generating an object image signal; (b) executing by the central processing unit of the electronic camera a through image pre-exposure processing of the object image signal; (c) determining whether the shutter button of the electronic camera is half depressed prior to adjusting an imaging condition; (d) determining whether the shutter button of the electronic camera has been fully depressed within a predetermined period of time prior to adjusting an imaging condition; (e) adjusting the imaging condition of the object image signal; (f) displaying an object image from the object image signal and imaging condition information obtained as a result of the adjustment of the imaging condition on the display of the electronic camera if it is determined in step (c) that the shutter button is half depressed; (g) displaying the object image from the object image signal and not displaying the imaging condition information on the display at least until a main exposure is performed if it is determined in step (d) that the shutter button has been fully depressed within the predetermined period of time; and (h) performing a main exposure of the object.