Patent ID: 7936390

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: an image pickup element which converts light from an object to be photographed into image data; a display capable of displaying an image based on the image data; a view finder for confirming the object; a setting selector which selects one of settings including a first setting, a second setting and a third setting, wherein in a case that the first setting is selected, photographing operation is performed with the view finder without activating the display, and when a photographing region cannot be accurately confirmed with the view finder, the display is activated, in a case that the second setting is selected, a menu for setting the digital camera is displayed on the display without displaying the image, and when a photographing region cannot be accurately confirmed with the view finder, the menu and the image are concurrently displayed on the display, and in a case that the third setting is selected, the display is activated and the image is displayed on the display.