Patent ID: 7940307

Claim:
A method of continuously capturing images of a subject in a single lens reflex digital camera, comprising the steps of: (a) capturing leading image data including one frame of image or plural frames of images, and storing said leading image data in a main memory; (b) calculating an exposure adjustment value or a white balance adjustment value based on said leading image data; (c) capturing subsequent frames of image data; and (d) performing exposure control or white balance control in real time on said image data captured in said step (c) based on said exposure adjustment value or said white balance adjustment value which is calculated in said step (b), before storing said image data captured in said step (c) in said main memory, wherein said steps (c) and (d) are repeatedly performed, to achieve exposure control or white balance control in real time on said subsequent frames of image data successively, and exposure control or white balance control are performed on said leading image data stored in said main memory in said step (a) based on said exposure adjustment value or said white balance adjustment value which is calculated in said step (b), after all operations for continuously capturing images are finished.