Patent ID: 6982753

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup element for picking up an object image; a display unit for displaying first image data picked up by the image pickup element; a switch for starting recording second image data picked up by the image pickup element; and a control unit for effecting control so that in case the display unit is on, white balance processing is performed on the second image data on the basis of first and second correction data, and in case the display unit is off, the white balance processing is performed on the second image data on the basis of not the first correction data but the second correction data, wherein the first correction data is data for the white balance processing, obtained from the first image data picked up by the image pickup element before the switch is operated, and the second correction data is data for the white balance processing, obtained from the second image data picked up by the image pickup element in accordance with the operation of the switch.