Patent ID: 7262793

Claim:
An image-capturing apparatus for capturing an image of a subject, said image-capturing apparatus comprising: solid-state image-capturing elements arranged in matrix comprising a first reading operation mode in which a captured-image signal is read by thinning out pixels, and a second reading operation mode in which the captured image signal is read without thinning out pixels; temporary storage means for temporarily storing an image signal read from said solid-state image-capturing elements during said second reading operation mode; detection means for performing a predetermined detection for said image signal read from said solid-state image-capturing elements during said first reading operation mode and performing a predetermined detection on said image signal read from said temporary storage means during said second reading operation mode; signal processing means for performing predetermined signal processing for correcting image quality on the basis of the data detected by said detection means during each of said reading operation modes, on said image signal read from said solid-state image-capturing elements during said first reading operation mode and on said image signal read from said temporary storage means during said second reading operation mode; and reading control means for, when the solid-state image-capturing elements shift from said first reading operation mode to said second reading operation mode, reading said image signal stored in said temporary storage means and supplying the image signal to said detection means, thereafter, re-reading said image signal, and supplying the image signal to said signal processing means.