Patent ID: 7097318

Claim:
A mobile phone provided with lighting, comprising: a capturing section for capturing an image; a light emitting section for emitting light to illuminate a subject when capturing an image; an operation inputting section through which a user inputs information to operate the mobile phone; and a control section for controlling the respective sections, wherein: the control section controls the light emitting section so as to continuously emit light while capturing a moving image so that a time length for emitting light varies depending on whether a still image or moving image is captured, and wherein, the light emitting section comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes, and the control section controls the number of the light emitting diodes that emit light so that the intensity of light emitted from the light emitting diodes at the time of continuous lighting while the capturing section is not active is lower than the intensity of light emitted from the light emitting diodes at the time of capturing an image.