Patent ID: 6903778

Claim:
An electronic camera which is driven by a battery, comprising: an imaging device for imaging an object; a selector for selecting anyone of a first mode for recording one scene of image signal corresponding to an object image which is imaged by said imaging device and a second mode for recording a plurality of scenes of image signals corresponding to the object images which are imaged by said imaging device; a recorder for recording to a recording medium the image signal(s) having the number of scenes corresponding to the mode selected by said selector; a displayer for displaying a real-time motion image corresponding to the object images which are imaged by said imaging device during a time period that no recording process is performed by said recorder; a determiner for determining whether or not a remaining amount of said battery is equal to or more than a threshold value corresponding to the mode selected by said selector out of a first threshold value corresponding to the first mode and a second threshold value corresponding to the second mode; and a controller for enabling said recorder when a determination result of said determiner is affirmative and disabling said recorder when the determination result of said determiner is negative, wherein said imaging device and said displayer are out of control of said controller.