Patent ID: 7548267

Claim:
A digital single-lens reflex camera comprising: an optical viewfinder device capable of optically observing subject images; a movable mirror retractably disposed in an optical path of a photographing optical system for guiding subject images to the optical viewfinder device; an electronic viewfinder device capable of electronically observing the subject images with the movable mirror in a state retracted from the photographing optical path, the electronic viewfinder device including: (i) an image-capturing device for converting the subject images into image signals; (ii) an image signal processing circuit for processing image signals from the image-capturing device and generating image data; and (iii) a display device for displaying moving images using the image data output from the image signal processing circuit; a switching operation mechanism for switching between an observation state by the optical viewfinder device and an observation state by the electronic viewfinder device; and a microcomputer for, in the event that a release operation signal is input while the electronic viewfinder device is selected, performing recording control of the image data output from the image signal processing circuit, following a predetermined amount of time elapsing, wherein the predetermined amount of time is obtained by subtracting the image-capturing cycle from the amount of time necessary for the movable mirror to be retracted from the photographing optical path.