Patent ID: 8542303

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit that photoelectrically converts input light to output a first color image and a second color image; a selecting unit that selects one of identifiers in response to an instruction from a user, each of the identifiers identifying a corresponding color; a first image producing unit that produces a first monotone image based on the first color image and a selected identifier; a second image producing unit that produces a second monotone image; an image displaying unit that displays, on a display, a through image of the first monotone image together with the selected identifier; and an image controlling unit that receives a shutter operation while the through image of the first monotone image and the selected identifier are displayed on the display, the image controlling unit that, in response to the shutter operation, causes the imaging unit to output the second color image and causes the second image producing unit to produce the second monotone image based on the second color image and the selected identifier, wherein the selected identifier is displayed with the through image of the first monotone image in which effect achieved by the selected identifier is reflected, on the display, a selector used to select the one of identifiers is displayed on the display in such a manner that the user can select the one of identifiers, and the one of identifiers in the selector is selected when a button is depressed.