Patent ID: 7738012

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: an imaging unit shooting a subject and outputting moving image data for monitor display and still image data for recording, the moving image data for monitor display being captured at a predetermined frame rate and the still image data being shot in synchronization with release operation; a searching unit searching, from an image area of the image data, a specific area similar to a reference subject which is registered in advance; and a color adjustment unit applying color adjustment to the image data in such a manner that color information of the specific area approximates to color information of the registered reference subject, wherein said searching unit searches the specific area from the moving image data and tracks the specific area through frames of the moving image data, to thereby estimate the specific area of the still image data; and said color adjustment unit obtains color information of the estimated specific area from the moving image data, and applies the color adjustment to the still image data in such a manner that the obtained color information of the specific area approximates to the color information of the registered reference subject.