Patent ID: 7656457

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an electronic shutter configured to cancel exposure of an imaging device while discharging charge accumulated in the imaging device and control an exposure time of the imaging device; a mechanical shutter configured to shield light entering the imaging device; a control device configured to control a discharging term for discharging the charge by the electronic shutter and a shielding timing of the mechanical shutter; and a computing device configured to measure a brightness of a subject and compute the exposure time of the imaging device when an image is recorded from the measured brightness of the subject, wherein the control device compares the exposure time computed by the computing device with a term of a vertical synchronous signal of one frame, if the computed exposure time is shorter than the term of the vertical synchronous signal of one frame, the control device shortens the discharging term and hastens the shielding timing of the mechanical shutter.