Patent ID: 8018503

Claim:
An imaging apparatus that includes: a nonvolatile memory storing multiple kinds of parameters; a volatile memory storing temporarily the parameter read out from said nonvolatile memory; a processing part executing a processing using the parameter stored in said volatile memory; and a data controlling part reading out the parameter from said nonvolatile memory according to a provided clock and transferring the parameter to said volatile memory, and said imaging apparatus comprising: a first timing-adjusting part outputting a first clock for reading out a part of the multiple kinds of parameters stored in said nonvolatile memory to said data controlling part, when said imaging apparatus is powered on; and a second timing-adjusting part outputting a second clock for reading out another part of the multiple kinds of parameters stored in said nonvolatile memory to said data controlling part, while said imaging apparatus is preparing for image-shooting, wherein: said nonvolatile memory stores the parameter necessary for an image-shooting operation and the parameter necessary for image processing, said first clock is a clock for reading out the parameter necessary for said image-shooting operation from said nonvolatile memory, and said second clock is a clock for reading out the parameter necessary for said image processing from said nonvolatile memory and is a same clock as a clock to be provided to image data obtained by image-shooting.