Patent ID: 7349022

Claim:
An image capturing device, comprising: an image capturing element for performing image capture; a taking lens system directing a subject image to the image capturing element; an exposure controlling element for performing an exposure for obtaining image data for focusing and an exposure for obtaining image data for recording in the image capturing element; a focusing element for performing focusing of the taking lens system based on the image data for focusing; an image shift correcting element for correcting a shift of a subject image in the image capturing element; an instructing element for providing an instruction to start photographing for recording, and a controlling element for performing the correction by the image shift correcting element during a photographing preparation period when the exposure for obtaining image data for focusing is performed, and not when outputting the image data for focusing from the image capturing element is performed, the photographing preparation period being from a beginning of the exposure for obtaining the image data for focusing to providing the instruction from the instructing element and including a repetition of a period for the exposure and a period for the outputting of the image data.