Patent ID: 7428011

Claim:
An electronic camera, comprising: an imaging device configured to image a subject in a luminance mode to generate raw image data, wherein the luminance mode is one of at least a first luminance mode and a second luminance mode, wherein in the first luminance mode, the imaging device images the subject in a first luminance range, wherein in the second luminance mode, the imaging device images the subject in a second luminance range different than the first luminance range; and wherein in at least one of the first luminance mode and the second luminance modes the imaging device images the subject with an exposure value that is lower than a normal exposure value for a desired reproducing; a processing device configured to generate converted image data by processing the raw image data based on the luminance mode of the raw image data; and a recording device configured to record the converted image data in a storage area and configured to record the luminance mode of the raw image data in the storage area separately from the converted image data.