Patent ID: 7379111

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: image pickup means; recording means for recording image data obtained by the image pickup means on a recording medium; display means for displaying images relating to the image data obtained by the image pickup means; adjustment means for adjusting luminance of the image data obtained by the image pickup means, by using a coefficient and for causing the display means to display the image data the luminance of which is thus adjusted; and control means for controlling the adjustment means so that in a recording mode during which the image data are being recorded by the recording means, the adjustment means does not adjust the luminance of the image data obtained by the image pickup means, by using the coefficient, and in a standby mode during which the recording of the image data by the recording means is stopped, the adjustment means sets the coefficient to a first value if the luminance level of the image data obtained by the image pickup means is greater than a predetermined value, sets the coefficient to a second value which is greater than the first value, if the luminance level of the image data obtained by the image pickup means is less than the predetermined value, and further causes the display means to periodically display the image data the luminance of which is adjusted by using the coefficient, and the image data the luminance of which is not adjusted by using the coefficient.