Patent ID: 8045016

Claim:
A video camera comprising: an imaging unit configured to perform imaging of a subject and to generate a subject image; a superimposing image generator configured to generate a superimposing image to be superimposed on the subject image; an image synthesizer configured to synthesize the subject image and the superimposing image to generate a synthesized image; a video signal generator configured to generate a video signal from the synthesized image, the video signal being output from the video camera so as to display the synthesized image on a display; a flicker reduction unit having a plurality of flicker reduction modes to reduce flicker caused by luminance fluctuation of a light source, each of the flicker reduction modes being configured to reduce flicker in different manner; and a mode setting unit configured to cause the superimposing image generator to generate a settings screen as the superimposing image for assisting selection of one of the flicker reduction modes.