Patent ID: 7782394

Claim:
A digital camera having a movable mirror provided so as to enter or retract with respect to an optical path of an image pickup optical system for purpose of guiding a subject image to an optical viewfinder, the digital camera comprising: an image pickup element that captures the subject image formed by the image pickup optical system to generate image data; a power manipulation portion that enables a user to turn a power supply of the digital camera to an OFF state; a display portion that displays the image data generated by the image pickup element or image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the image pickup element to predetermined processing; and a control portion having a live view mode controlling so that the image data generated by the image pickup element or the image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the image pickup element to predetermined processing is displayed on the display portion as a moving image in real time; wherein when the user manipulates the power manipulation portion for turning the power supply of the digital camera to the OFF state when the live view mode is set, the control portion controls so that the digital camera comes out of the live view mode and the movable mirror enters the optical path of the image pickup optical system.