Patent ID: 7750950

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: an imaging device including first photoreceptors which have a first sensitivity and receive light from a subject to output first signals corresponding to an amount of the received light, and second photoreceptors which have a second sensitivity lower than the first sensitivity and receive the light from the subject to output second signals corresponding to the amount of the received light; a judging unit that judges an illumination light source type and judges, based on the judged illumination light source type, whether or not the first signals output from the first photoreceptors and the second signals output from the second photoreceptors are to be combined; and a display unit, wherein the display unit displays an image based on signals obtained by combining the first signals output from the first photoreceptors and the second signals output from the second photoreceptors when the judging unit judges that the first signals output from the first photoreceptors and the second signals output from the second photoreceptors are to be combined, and the display unit displays an image based on the first signals output from the first photoreceptors when the judging unit judges that the first signals output from the first photoreceptors and the second signals output from the second photoreceptors are not to be combined.