Patent ID: 7999969

Claim:
An imaging device operable to output an optical image of an object as an electrical image signal and transfer the electrical image signal to a connected printing device, the imaging device comprising: an imaging optical system for generating the optical image of the object; an imaging sensor for receiving the optical image generated by the imaging optical system, and converting the optical image into the electrical image signal; a blurring detection unit for detecting image blurring in the imaging optical system; an image blurring compensation unit for compensating the image blurring on the imaging sensor; a compensation amount detection section for detecting an image blurring compensation amount compensated by the image blurring compensation unit; a calculation section for calculating a residual blurring amount by subtracting the image blurring compensation amount from an image blurring amount; an image recording section for recording the image signal, as a shot image, together with the calculated residual blurring amount; a print size specification section for specifying a print size of the shot image; a print control section for generating print data in accordance with the shot image; a print data output section for outputting the generated print data; and a determination section for storing a tolerance of the residual blurring amount with respect to the print size and determining whether or not the calculated residual blurring amount is greater than the tolerance, wherein: the determination section issues a warning in the case where the calculated residual blurring amount is greater than the tolerance with respect to a predetermined print size, and the tolerance of the residual blurring amount with respect to a particular print size is changeable.