Patent ID: 7876372

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: an imaging part that receives a subject light flux which has passed a photographing lens and outputs a subject image signal; an image processing part that processes the subject image signal output from the imaging part to thereby generate image data; a display part that displays the image data generated by the image processing part; a control part that executes a live view display operation which displays a moving image for observing a subject on the display part by controlling the imaging part, the image processing part and the display part; an optical element arranged in front of an imaging surface of the imaging part; a vibration exciting member that vibrates the optical element; and a drive circuit that supplies a periodic electric signal to the vibration exciting member, wherein the control part supplies, after a switching operation to a live view display mode is done and prior to the start of the live view display operation, a control signal for vibrating the optical element to the drive circuit for a predetermined period of time.