Patent ID: 7443423

Claim:
An electronic camera comprising: an image pickup section photographing an object to generate an image; a display device displaying the image generated by the image pickup section as a moving image; a buffer section temporarily storing therein the image generated by the image pickup section and to be displayed as a moving image on the display device; a recording section recording thereon the image generated by the image pickup section according to a user's operation, wherein the electronic camera further comprises a display switching section which switches a first display and a second display at a predetermined timing, the first display being for performing display of a moving image on the display device through the buffer section, the second display being for performing display of a moving image not through the buffer section; a first operating member receiving a user's operation when pressed in two steps, the user's operation being associated with the image recording by the recording section; and a shooting condition adjusting section performing at least one of auto exposure adjustment and autofocus until the first operating member is pressed in a first step, wherein the display switching section performs the first display until the first operating member is pressed in the first step, and switches the first display to the second display when the first operating member is pressed in the first step.