Patent Document ID: 10082723
Application ID: 15021249
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image capturing apparatus, comprising: a first recording control unit configured to perform processing of generating an HDR video frame having a high dynamic range by generating video frames from a plurality of frames of different exposure conditions and composing the video frames, and recording the HDR video frames in a recording medium as an HDR video; an accepting unit configured to accept a still image shooting instruction during the processing by the first recording control unit; and a second recording control unit configured to generate, when the accepting unit accepts the still image shooting instruction during the processing by the first recording control unit, an HDR still image frame having a high dynamic range by generating a plurality of still image frames of different exposure conditions during the processing by the first recording control unit and composing the still image frames, and recording the HDR still image frame in a recording medium as an HDR still image; wherein the image capturing apparatus has a mode in which; the first recording control unit generates the video frames from the plurality of frames including a frame captured under a first exposure condition and a subsequent frame captured under a second exposure condition; and in accordance with acceptance of the still image shooting instruction, the second recording control unit generates a plurality of still image frames from a plurality of frames independently of a combination of the video frames used to generate the HDR video frame.