Patent ID: 8855461

Claim:
A moving image shooting apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit configured to pick up an image of an object; a synthesis unit configured to combine a plurality of images picked up by said image pickup unit into a composite image; a recording unit configured to record a moving image in a storage medium using the image picked up by said image pickup unit or the composite image synthesized by said synthesis unit; a changing unit configured to issue an instruction for changing a frame rate of the moving image to be recorded in the storage medium; and a control unit configured to be operable when said changing unit gives the instruction for changing the frame rate of the moving image, to control said image pickup unit, said synthesis unit, and said recording unit, such that a frame rate transition time period is provided in which: said image pickup unit picks up images at a first frame rate, said synthesis unit generates a composite image from the images picked up by said image pickup unit at the first frame rate, and said recording unit records the composite image synthesized by said synthesis unit, at a second frame rate lower than the first frame rate.