Patent ID: 8274576

Claim:
A still image and moving image capturing device comprising: a solid-state imaging element including a plurality of pixel cells arranged in a matrix; an all-pixel reader configured to read all pixels to generate a still image; a pixel-binning reader configured to read a plurality of pixels in at least one of a row direction and a column direction, with pixel binning, to generate a moving image; and a pixel-component-in-binning-range reader configured to be capable of being operated simultaneously with the pixel-binning reader and read signal components of pixels within a spatial range within which pixel binning is performed by the pixel-binning reader, wherein: one of the all-pixel reader and the pixel-binning reader is working while the other is not active, and the signal read out by the pixel-component-in-binning-range reader contains a signal component of a pixel closest to a center-of-mass position of the pixels binned by the pixel-binning reader.