Patent ID: 7843507

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus comprising: a plurality of operation members; a display; a power source controller for controlling a power supply to the image capturing apparatus to be in one of: (i) an on state, and (ii) an off state, wherein the off state is a state such that operation of the operation members is detectable while the power supply is off; an image capturing unit; a detector which detects when any one of the plurality of operation members is operated when the power supply is in the off state; a brightness acquiring section which controls the image capturing unit to acquire a brightness of an environment of the image capturing apparatus, when the detector detects that one of the operation members has been operated when the power supply is in the off state; a determining section which determines whether or not the acquired brightness is above a predetermined level; an image capturing controller which permits the image capturing unit to capture an image of a subject only if the determining section determines that the acquired brightness is above the predetermined level; a counter which counts a number of times that the determining section has determined that the acquired brightness is below the predetermined level in response to the detector detecting that one of the plurality of operation members is operated when the power supply is in the off state; a count storage section which stores the number of times counted by the counter; and a display controller which causes the display to display the stored number of times, when the determining section determines that the acquired brightness is above the predetermined level.