Patent ID: 7949247

Claim:
An imaging apparatus, comprising: an image sensor element for converting light of a subject to image data; a xenon tube strobe light; a solid light-emitting element strobe light; a consecutive imaging controlling section for controlling the image sensor element so that the subject is imaged a plurality of times at a predetermined imaging interval; a light emission controlling section for controlling the xenon tube strobe light and the solid light-emitting element strobe light so as to emit light during each instance of imaging by the consecutive imaging controlling section; and a strobe light type setting section for setting a strobe light type; wherein when the strobe light type setting section sets the strobe light type to an automatically-switched strobe light, the light emission controlling section controls the xenon tube strobe light and the solid light-emitting element strobe light such that the xenon tube strobe light emits light during each instance of imaging by the consecutive imaging controlling section until a number of times that the xenon tube strobe light has emitted light reaches a predetermined number of times, and when the number of times that the xenon tube strobe light has emitted light would exceed the predetermined number of times, the light emission controlling section switches from the xenon tube strobe light to the solid light-emitting element strobe light and controls the solid light-emitting element strobe light to emit light during each subsequent instance of imaging by the consecutive imaging controlling section; and wherein when the strobe light type setting section sets the strobe light type to the xenon tube strobe light, the light emission controlling section controls only the xenon tube strobe light to emit light and limits the number of times that the xenon tube strobe light emits light to the predetermined number of times, and the consecutive imaging controlling section limits a number of times that imaging is performed at the predetermined imaging interval to the predetermined number of times.