Patent ID: 7660520

Claim:
A camera system comprising: a photographing mode selection device that selects one of a single-shot photographing mode for photographing a single still image for a single frame in response to a photographing instruction and a continuous shooting mode for photographing a plurality of still images for a plurality of frames in response to a photographing instruction; a discharge control-type first illuminating device that emits illuminating light toward a subject in response to a light emission instruction issued after light emission is enabled; a current-controlled second illuminating device that emits illuminating light toward the subject in response to the light emission instruction; and an illumination control device that issues a light emission instruction to only the first illuminating device if the single-shot photographing mode has been selected by the photographing mode selection device and issues the light emission instruction to only the second illuminating device if the continuous shooting mode has been selected by the photographing mode selection device.