Patent ID: 7692716

Claim:
An electronic camera, comprising: an electrical charge storage-type image-capturing element that stores an electrical charge by receiving subject light; a shielding member that consists of a single set of blades that are coupled to each other and that is configured to move between an open position in which the subject light is allowed to pass to the image-capturing element and a closed position in which the subject light is blocked from the image-capturing element; an electromagnetic actuator used to drive the shielding member to move from the open position to the closed position and to move from the closed position to the open position; a storage control device that starts an electrical charge storage at the image-capturing element after a time point at which the shielding member is detected in the open position and ends the electrical charge storage once a preset length of exposure time elapses; and a shield control device that outputs an instruction to the electromagnetic actuator for driving the shielding member to move to the closed position before the electrical charge storage ends, wherein the storage control device adjusts timing with which the electrical charge storage starts so as to ensure that the electrical charge storage ends right before a time point at which drive of the shielding member is started in response to the instruction for driving the shielding member to move to the closed position, if a length of exposure time is shorter than a sum of a time period Th 1 and a time period Td 2 , the time period Th 1 is a time period for sustaining an instruction to the electromagnetic actuator for driving the shielding member to move to the open position even after the open position has been achieved and the shielding member has stopped, for stabilization of driving the shielding member to move to the closed position, and the time period Td 2 is a time period between a time point at which the shield control device outputs the instruction to the electromagnetic actuator for driving the shielding member to move to the closed position and a time point at which the drive of the shielding member is actually started.