Patent ID: 8106978

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus comprising: a first image sensor unit capable of subjecting an object image formed by an imaging lens to a photoelectric conversion to output a first image signal having a first resolution and constituted by a first number of colors; a second image sensor unit capable of subjecting the object image formed by the imaging lens to a photoelectric conversion to output a second image signal having a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution and constituted by a second number of colors that is larger than the first number of colors, the second image sensor unit is configured to be capable of individually measuring respective object spectral characteristics of a plurality of divided areas, the divided areas obtained by dividing an imaging field of view of the first image sensor unit two-dimensionally; a spatial frequency reduction unit for reducing a spatial frequency of the object image formed on a light receiving surface of the second image sensor unit by the imaging lens; and a color conversion processing unit for performing color conversion processing on image data generated by processing the first image signal output by the first image sensor unit on the basis of the second image signal output by the second image sensor unit.