Patent ID: 7212243

Claim:
An image pickup device comprising: an image pickup element which receives light from an object and outputs an image signal in response to receiving the light from the object; an exposure control device; a setting device capable of setting an automatic exposure control mode and a manual exposure control mode, as modes of operation of the exposure control device; a display device which processes the image signal output from the image pickup element and displays an image on the basis of the processed image signal; and a photographing initiation operating member configured to initiate processing and storage of the image signal output from said image pickup element, and wherein before operating the photographing initiation operating member in a case of setting the manual exposure control mode, the automatic exposure control mode can be set by the setting device so as to cause the display device to display the image based on the image signal which is obtained in the automatic exposure control, and before operating the photographing initiation operating member in a case of setting the manual exposure control mode, the manual exposure control mode can be set by the setting device so as to cause the display device to display the image based on the image signal which is obtained in the manual exposure control, wherein, before operating the photographing initiation operating member in a case of setting the manual exposure control mode, when photographing with strobe light is performed, the display device displays the image based on the image signal which is obtained in the automatic exposure control.