Patent ID: 7639281

Claim:
An image sensing apparatus comprising: a) a photography mode setting unit that sets one of a plurality of photographing modes of the image sensing apparatus based on a user's operation, wherein the plurality of photographing modes includes at least one of a self timer photography mode, a stitch photography mode, a moving image photography mode, a macro photography mode, an interval photography mode, and a 3D photography mode; b) a processing mode setting unit that allows a user to set one of a first processing mode of executing speed priority photography processing and a second processing mode of executing precision priority photography processing, wherein the processing mode and the photographic mode are settable independently and combinations of the first processing mode and one of the self timer photography mode, the stitch photography mode, the moving image photography mode, the macro photography mode, the interval photography mode, and the 3D photography mode are inappropriate combinations; and c) a control unit that performs, in response to an operation of a release button by the user, one of the first processing mode and the second processing mode of photography processing based on the settings set by the user via said processing mode setting unit and the settings set by said photography mode setting unit, wherein in response to an operation of the release button by the user during the first processing mode that has been set by said processing mode setting unit, said control unit determines if one of the self timer photography mode, the stitch photography mode, the moving image photography mode, the macro photography mode, the interval photography mode, and the 3D photography mode has been set by said photography mode setting unit, wherein if the first processing mode has been set by said processing mode setting unit and said control unit determines that one of the self timer photography mode, the stitch photography mode, the moving image photography mode, the macro photography mode, the interval photography mode, and the 3D photography mode has been set by said photography mode setting unit, said control unit changes the processing mode from the first processing mode to the second processing mode and performs the second processing mode of photography processing, and wherein if said control unit determines that none of the self timer photography mode, the stitch photography mode, the moving image photography mode, the macro photography mode, the interval photography mode, and the 3D photography mode has been set by said photography mode setting unit, said control unit performs the first processing mode of photography processing.