Patent ID: 7522194

Claim:
An electronic camera capable of sequentially capturing images, comprising: imaging means for optoelectrically converting a subject image to produce electronic image data; temporary storage means for temporarily storing a plurality of image data produced by said imaging means based on sequential capturing; recording means for recording the image data stored in said temporary storage means on a recording medium; image display means for displaying an image based on the image data; instructing means for distinguishing images whose image data are to be preserved on the recording medium from images whose image data are not preserved on the recording medium; and control means operative after completion of the sequential capturing for controlling said image display means to display thereon images based on the respective image data produced by the sequential capturing, and for controlling said recording means not to preserve on the recording medium the image data of images which have been distinguished as not being preserved on the basis of an instruction from said instructing means within the plurality of image data produced by the sequential capturing.