Patent ID: 8441539

Claim:
An imaging apparatus having a plurality of photoelectric conversion element groups to generate a pickup image based on intermediate image data read from the photoelectric conversion element groups, comprising: an exposure time setting portion for setting an exposure time at the time of shooting for each of the photoelectric conversion element groups, the exposure time setting portion sets an exposure time causing a plurality of exposures to be performed in one shooting for the photoelectric conversion element group of a color predicted to be quickest to reach saturation of a pixel value when a subject is shot unlike another photoelectric conversion element group, and sets a total time of the plurality of exposures equal to or less than the exposure time of the photoelectric conversion element group of a color predicted to be last to reach saturation of a pixel value when a subject is shot; a motion detecting portion that detects motion information of a subject from a plurality of intermediate image data read in accordance with a plurality of exposures from the photoelectric conversion element group with the exposure time set to cause a plurality of exposures to be performed; and a motion blur compensating portion that compensates the intermediate image data read from the another photoelectric conversion element group by using the detected motion information, generating the pickup image based on the plurality of the intermediate image data and the compensated intermediate image data; and determining the color predicted to be quickest to reach saturation of a pixel value and the color predicted to be last to reach saturation of a pixel value depending on a shooting mode which is determined with the intermediate image data acquired in the photoelectric conversion element group of each color.