Patent ID: 8515237

Claim:
An imaging device, comprising: an imaging sensor that captures light from a subject; a movement information detection unit that detects movement information of the subject; a time setting unit that sets at least one of a recording time for recording a zone movie image based upon an imaging signal from the imaging sensor and a recording pause time for not recording the zone movie image, based on the movement information of the subject detected by the movement information detection unit; and a movie image data creation unit that repeats recording of the zone movie image for the recording time and pausing of the recording of the zone movie image for the recording pause time based upon the setting made by the time setting unit, and creates movie image data including a movie image formed by successively joining a plurality of the repeatedly recorded zone movie images; a size detection unit that detects a size of the subject with respect to a shooting screen, wherein the time setting unit sets the recording pause time to 0, if the size of the subject with respect to the shooting screen that is detected by the size detection unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.