Patent ID: 7929855

Claim:
An image taking system comprising an image taking unit which photographs the object upon receipt of a photographing instruction and obtains an image representing the object, a light emitting unit which emits stroboscopic light, a charging unit which stores energy for emitting the stroboscopic light, a photographing control unit which controls the image taking unit to execute a continuous photographing where a plurality of images are continuously taken including a plurality of images with accompanying stroboscopic light, a stroboscopic light control unit which controls the light emitting unit to emit the stroboscopic light when photographing the images with accompanying stroboscopic light, and an estimating unit which estimates, when photographing the images with accompanying stroboscopic light, the remaining energy in the charging unit after the photographing, on the basis of each light emission and the remaining energy in the charging unit upon the light emission, wherein when there is a photographic operation in which the estimated remaining energy in the charging unit is smaller than a predetermined value, the photographing control unit executes at least the photographing of the last of the plurality of images which are to be continuously taken with accompanying stroboscopic light.