Patent ID: 7187408

Claim:
A digital camera that periodically creates, until a recording Instruction is issued, a first still image corresponding to an object scene in such a manner as a real time display is omitted, and creates, when the recording instruction is issued, a second still image corresponding to the object scene so as to record the second still image into a recording medium in a compressed state, comprising: a calculator for calculating a specific compression ratio coefficient capable of compressing the first still image to a specific size; a compressor for compressing the second still image by use of the specific compression ratio coefficient; a corrector for correcting the specific compression ratio coefficient when a compressed second still image created by said compressor fails to satisfy a size condition including the specific size; and a recorder for recording the compressed second still image satisfying the size condition into said recording medium, wherein the first still image and the second still image have the same resolution with each other.