Patent ID: 8553101

Claim:
A solid-state image sensing device which can capture a moving image and a still image, comprising: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels each comprising a photoelectric conversion unit, and an amplification transistor configured to amplify a signal associated with electric charges generated in the photoelectric conversion unit; a plurality of column signal lines to which signals from said pixel array are output; a plurality of current sources, each of which is connected to a corresponding one of said plurality of column signal lines so as to provide a current for the amplification transistor of a pixel of a selected row of the pixel array; and a current control unit configured to control electric currents flowing through said plurality of current sources, wherein said current control unit controls an electric current flowing through each of said plurality of current sources when signals are read out from pixels of a selected row of the pixel array in a moving image capturing mode to be smaller than an electric current flowing through each of said plurality of current sources when signals are read out from pixels of a selected row of the pixel array in a still image capturing mode.