Patent ID: 8553116

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: an image sensor which generates an image signal based on an exposure amount; a shutter which blocks light which hits the image sensor by moving in a predetermined direction; a movement control section which moves the shutter so that light which hits the image sensor is blocked; a movement detection section which detects that the shutter has moved a predetermined amount from the start of the movement after the start of the movement of the shutter and before the start of the shutter blocking the light which hits the image sensor; an exposure time section which receives an exposure time which is for the image sensor to be exposed; and a reset control section which starts reset scanning of the exposure amount of the image sensor in the predetermined direction at a timing according to detection by the movement detection section before the start of the shutter blocking the light which hits the image sensor in a case where the exposure time is shorter than a time threshold which is determined in advance and starts reset scanning of the exposure amount of the image sensor in the predetermined direction with no relation to detection, after the start of the movement of the shutter, by the movement detection section so that the image sensor is exposed during the exposure time in a case where the exposure time is longer than the time threshold which is determined in advance.