Patent ID: 7365785

Claim:
An electronic camera comprising: an n:1 (n is a natural number not less than 3) interlace read type imaging element which can read electric charges of a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged photodiodes to the outside through a transfer path; an unnecessary electric charge flushing portion used to transfer unnecessary electric charges stored in the transfer path at a normal speed through the transfer path; a signal read portion which reads the electric charges of the photodiodes to the outside of the imaging element after flushing the unnecessary electric charges; and a conversion portion which converts a signal read by the signal read portion into a video signal, wherein the unnecessary electric charge flushing portion transfers the unnecessary electric charges stored in the transfer path at a normal speed through the transfer path in a period after end of exposure of the imaging element before reading the electric charges of the photodiode to the transfer path, wherein the normal speed corresponds to a speed of reading the electric charges.