Patent ID: 7509042

Claim:
A digital camera, comprising: an image sensor that converts subject image information into an image signal and outputs the image signal; and a flash circuit for emitting flash light, wherein the image sensor has a first image capture mode in which a first image signal having a relatively large number of pixels captured at a relatively low sensitivity is output, and a second image capture mode in which a second image signal having a relatively small number of pixels captured at a relatively high sensitivity is output, the digital camera further comprising: an image capture control circuit that performs an operation for capturing and outputting the second image signal in the second image capture mode without emission of flash light by the flash circuit and an operation for capturing and outputting the first image signal in the first image capture mode with emission of flash light by the flash circuit; and an image combining circuit that combines the first image signal and the second image signal after resizing a number of pixels of at least one image signal of the first image signal and the second image signal.