Patent ID: 8063956

Claim:
An image pickup device that performs composition bracket photographing comprising: an image pickup section operable to pick up a subject so as to acquire a picked-up image; an image processing section operable to process the picked-up image acquired by the image pickup section; and a recording section operable to record the picked-up image processed by the image processing section, wherein the image processing section includes: subject trimming image designating means for designating a plurality of subject trimming images generated by respectively clipping out a plurality of subject images included in the picked-up image acquired by the image pickup section; first trimming image setting means for setting the plurality of subject trimming images as a first trimming image; second trimming image setting means for setting an image encompassing the plurality of subject trimming images as a second trimming image; first data size calculating means for calculating a data size of the first trimming image; second data size calculating means for calculating a data size of the second trimming image; comparison means for comparing the data size of the first trimming image with the data size of the second trimming image; and selection means for selecting one of the first trimming image and the second trimming image to be recorded in the recording section, one of the first trimming image and the second trimming image determined by the comparison means that the data size of the selected image is smaller than that of the other one.