Patent ID: 7511746

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: a solid state imaging element including: a plurality of photoelectrical converting elements arranged on a semiconductor substrate in a row direction and a column direction substantially perpendicular to each other, wherein charges are accumulated in said plurality of photoelectrical converting elements; and a plurality of output sections that output signals corresponding to accumulated charges, said plurality of photoelectrical converting elements being arranged in an area that is divided into a plurality of blocks that correspond to said plurality of output sections, a correction data calculating section that calculates a correction data for correcting output dispersions of said plurality of output sections; and a correcting section that uses the correction data to correct said output signals, wherein said plurality of blocks include a plurality of respective correction areas having a corresponding plurality of sets of correction photoelectrical converting elements used in data calculation by said correction data calculating section, said plurality of correction areas include a plurality of respective continuous areas that are continuous to each other in a boundary between the plurality of blocks, an obscuring member, positioned above said continuous areas, that obscures an object image formed in each of said continuous areas; and the correction data calculating section calculates the correction data based on first signals from said plurality of sets of correction photoelectrical converting elements, each set of which being placed in each of said plurality of continuous areas, the first signals being output from said plurality of output sections.