Patent ID: 8902327

Claim:
An imager comprising: an imaging sensor that takes still images with exposures that differ from each other; a still image composer that composes still images so as to create a composite still image; a movie creator that integrates the composite still images so as to create a movie; said composer that creates a false composite still image and said movie creator that integrates the false composite still image in order to create a movie upon said still image composer being unable to create the composite still image; and a focus controller that focuses an optical element on a subject, and upon said still image composer being unable to create the composite still image and the optical element does not focus on a subject that is included in a still image, said focus controller focuses the optical element on a subject, said imaging sensor captures still images that have different respective exposures, said still image composer composes the still images that have different respective exposures so as to create a composite still image.