Patent ID: 7819592

Claim:
A digital camera for which a photographing lens can be changed, comprising: an imaging section, including an image sensor for capturing a subject image via the photographing lens; a display section capable of displaying at least one of image information and character information; a shielding section capable of being moved into and out of an imaging light path in order to cover an imaging surface of the image sensor, the shielding section including a movable mirror capable of being moved into and out of the imaging light path of the imaging section and a shutter mechanism capable of shielding the imaging surface of the image sensor; a detection section for detecting an operation to remove the photographing lens; and a control section for, after the shielding section has been moved out of the imaging light path, causing execution of an exposure operation for a specified period in the imaging section, and causing display of a moving image on the display section based on image data acquired by the exposure operation, the control section executing, when it is detected by the detection section that an operation to remove the photographing lens has been carried out during display of a moving image on the display section based on the image data, at least the following three operations sequentially to: stop the imagining operation; control the shielding section to cause the shutter mechanism to shield the imaging surface of the image sensor, and the movable mirror to be moved into the imaging light path; and cause display of photographing information of the camera instead of the moving image display on the display section.