Patent ID: 8190019

Claim:
A digital camera having a movable mirror arranged so as to be able to advance into and withdraw from the optical path of an optical imaging system in order to conduct a subject image to an optical viewfinder, the digital camera comprising: an imaging element that captures a subject image formed by the optical imaging system and generates image data; a display portion that displays an image based on the generated image data; a control portion having a live view mode, in which control is performed so that the image based on the generated image data is displayed in the display portion in real time as a moving picture, and a viewfinder mode, in which control is performed so that the movable mirror conducts the subject image to the optical viewfinder; and an aspect ratio accepting portion that accepts an instruction of selecting one of a plurality of aspect ratios regarding an aspect ratio of an image; wherein the control portion controls so that an image based on the image data generated by the imaging element is displayed in the display portion as a moving picture at an aspect ratio accepted by the aspect ratio accepting portion during the live view mode.