Patent ID: 7620308

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: a solid-state electronic imaging device that continuously images a subject in a predetermined period and outputs image data representing a subject image in the predetermined period; an imaging lens arranged so as to be movable ahead of a light receiving surface of said solid-state electronic imaging device; an auxiliary light emission control device that controls an auxiliary light emitting device such that auxiliary light is periodically irradiated onto the subject at a rate of once per a plurality of times of imaging in said solid-state electronic imaging device; an imaging lens positioning device that images the subject onto which the auxiliary light has been periodically irradiated under the control of said auxiliary light emission control device, to position said imaging lens at a focusing position on the basis of the image data outputted from said solid-state electronic imaging device; and a recording control device that images the subject when the auxiliary light is not irradiated by said auxiliary light emission control device, to record on a recording medium the image data periodically outputted from said solid-state electronic imaging device.