Patent ID: 6862040

Claim:
A digital still camera in which a settings recording medium and an image-signal recording medium are capable of being removably loaded, wherein settings data for setting at least one of shooting conditions and image processing methods for processing an image signal obtained by photography is recorded on the settings recording medium and the image signal obtained by photography is recorded on the image-signal recording medium, said digital still camera comprising: an image sensing device for imaging a subject and outputting an image signal representing the image of the subject; a settings data reading unit for reading the settings data that has been recorded on the settings recording medium; an imaging control unit for controlling said image sensing device so as to image the subject in accordance with shooting conditions that are based upon the settings data when the settings data that has been read by said settings data reading unit pertains to these shooting conditions; a determination unit for determining whether the settings data is incapable of being read by said settings-data reading unit; an image signal processing unit for applying image processing to an image signal, which is output from said image sensing device, in accordance with a processing method that is based upon the settings data when the settings data that has been read by said settings data reading unit pertains to this image processing method, for applying image processing of the image signal, which is output from said image sensing device, in accordance with a predetermined processing method, in response to a determination by said determination unit that the settings data cannot be read, and outputting the image signal that has been subjected to this image processing; and a first image-signal recording controller for recording the image signal, which has been output from said image signal processing unit, on the image-signal signal recording medium.