Patent ID: 8115843

Claim:
A photographing apparatus, comprising: a synchronizing signal generation portion that outputs a synchronizing signal periodically; an optical system; an imaging portion that is operated based on the synchronizing signal to pick up a subject image through the optical system and generate image data; a trigger input portion operable to input a trigger signal commanding a start of a photographing operation by the imaging portion; and a control portion that controls the operation of the imaging portion based on the synchronizing signal and the trigger signal, the control portion being configured to control synchronous processing performed in synchronization with the synchronizing signal, which is an arithmetic processing including at least a setting of a parameter of the imaging portion and a setting of the optical system for picking up a moving image, and stop the generation of the synchronizing signal by the synchronizing signal generation portion when the trigger signal is input, and thereafter resume the generation of the synchronizing signal and start imaging for recording by the imaging portion, wherein when the trigger signal is input, in a case where the synchronous processing is not being performed, the control portion immediately stops the generation of the synchronizing signal by the synchronizing signal generation portion and thereafter resumes the generation of the synchronizing signal, while in a case where the synchronous processing is being performed, the control portion initializes compulsorily the parameter of the imaging portion as well as the arithmetic processing of the setting of the optical system before resuming the generation of the synchronizing signal.