Patent ID: 7177538

Claim:
A camera comprising: a movement detection/computation unit for detecting camera movement and performing computation of at least one of a moved amount and a movement rate; a blurring reduction unit for reducing deterioration of an image due to camera movement based on the output from the movement detection/computation unit; a notifying unit for providing a notice of information of camera movement based on the output of the movement detection/computation unit; a mode setting unit which can set the camera in either of: (i) a notifying mode wherein the notifying unit is active but the blurring reduction unit is not active, or (ii) a blurring reduction notifying mode wherein the notifying unit and the blurring reducing unit are both active, wherein the notifying unit gives a notice with a first movement amount notice format if the camera is set in the notifying mode and gives a notice with a second movement amount notice format if the camera is set in the blurring reducing notifying mode, said first and second notice formats being different.