Patent ID: 8441547

Claim:
An electronic still camera, comprising: an imaging device that outputs image data relating to a photographed subject image, a recording device that converts the image data to compressed digital data and records the compressed digital data to a recording medium that exists within the camera, a signal processing method selecting operation device that outputs a control signal to select one signal processing method, from among multiple signal processing methods including at least an NTSC method and a PAL method, as a signal processing method when the compressed digital data is output to an external monitor from the camera, an output circuit that converts the compressed digital data recorded by the recording device to a video signal corresponding to the signal processing method that corresponds to the control signal, and outputs the video signal to the external monitor, a display device that displays an established shooting condition, and a display control circuit that displays the shooting condition during shooting and controls the display device so that the currently selected signal processing method, instead of the shooting condition, is identifiably displayed when the selecting operation of the signal processing method by the signal processing method selecting operation device takes place during non-shooting.