Patent ID: 8629912

Claim:
A camera comprising: a first image sensor that captures a first image of a subject and outputs a first imaging signal in response to pressing a shutter release operation member fully down; a second image sensor that is separately arranged from the first image sensor, captures a second image of the subject and outputs a second imaging signal in response to pressing the shutter release operation member halfway down; a driving unit that drives the first image sensor and the second image sensor; a single processing unit that separately processes the first imaging signal and the second imaging signal at different times; and a control unit that controls the driving unit and the single processing unit, wherein: the first imaging signal is an imaging signal for recording; the second imaging signal is an imaging signal for analyzing a photographic field; the single processing unit performs an image processing of the first imaging signal output from the first image sensor by using results of an analysis of the second imaging signal; the second image sensor captures a plurality of second images of the subject and outputs a plurality of second imaging signals in response to pressing the shutter release operation member halfway down; and the control unit controls the driving unit so that the second image sensor interrupts capturing of one second image before completing the capturing of the one second image after starting the capturing of the one second image and the first image sensor starts capturing the first image, in response to the shutter release operation member being fully pressed down on a way of the capturing of the second image by the second image sensor, if at least an initial second image has been already captured and the single processing unit has already processed the second imaging signal for the initial second image.