JP2005260465A - Digital camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital camera provided with an HMI having good operability and low power consumption.
A color image sensor, an optical system for forming an image of a subject on the color image sensor, a rotatable first switch, a second switch for switching between an imaging mode, a first setting mode, and a second setting mode. A first setting means for setting a first processing condition that correlates with an image white balance in accordance with a rotation angle of the first switch in the first setting mode; and a rotation angle of the first switch in the second setting mode. A second setting means for setting a second processing condition that correlates with the data size of the image, a first display needle for displaying the first processing condition, and a second display needle for displaying the second processing condition. Output means for outputting an image according to the first processing condition and the second processing condition based on an output signal of the color image sensor in the imaging mode. A digital camera characterized by
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Description

  The present invention relates to a digital camera.

Conventionally, a digital camera using a cross key and an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) as an HMI (Human Machine Interface) for setting the image size, white balance, aperture, exposure time, ISO sensitivity, etc. is known (for example, patents). Reference 1). In the menu operation using the cross key and the LCD, a large number of items can be set with a small number of switches by combining operations such as menu call, item selection, and determination.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2001-177758 (FIG. 3)

However, the HMI using the LCD has a problem that power consumption is large. In addition, the LCD screen has a problem in visibility in bright outdoors. In addition, the design of parts unique to electronic devices such as cross keys and LCDs may be avoided by lovers of film cameras. Also, menu operations using the cross key and LCD require menu calling, selection, and determination operations in a predetermined order, so that white balance and other settings can be quickly changed so as not to miss a photo opportunity. A considerable amount of familiarity is required.
The present invention has been created to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera including an HMI that has good operability and low power consumption.

In order to achieve the above object, a digital camera includes a color image sensor, an optical system that forms an object on the color image sensor, a rotatable first switch, an imaging mode, a first setting mode, and a second setting mode. A first switch that sets a first processing condition that correlates with a white balance of an image according to a rotation angle of the first switch in the first setting mode, and a second setting mode that A second setting means for setting a second processing condition that correlates with a data size of an image according to a rotation angle of the first switch; a first display needle for displaying the first processing condition; and the second processing condition. In the second display needle to be displayed and in the imaging mode, an image corresponding to the first processing condition and the second processing condition is used as an output signal of the color image sensor. And an output means for outputting Zui. A second switch that switches between an imaging mode, a first setting mode that sets a first processing condition that correlates with the white balance of the image, and a second setting mode that sets a second processing condition that correlates with the data size of the image; Accordingly, it is possible to quickly switch from the imaging mode to a mode in which the white balance and data size of an image with a high change frequency can be set. Further, it is possible to quickly set the white balance and data size of an image with a high change frequency only by the mode switching operation by the second switch and the rotation operation of the first switch. Further, by displaying the processing conditions of the white balance and data size of an image with a high change frequency with a needle, it is possible to improve the visibility of the setting state of these processing conditions while reducing power consumption.
Further, the second switch is preferably a lever. Since the mode can be recognized by the rotation angle of the lever, the operability is improved.

In order to achieve the above object, a digital camera includes a color image sensor, an optical system that forms an image of a subject on the color image sensor, a rotatable first switch, and a second switch that switches between an imaging mode and a setting mode. , In the setting mode, in accordance with the rotation angle of the first switch, setting means for setting a processing condition correlating with the data size of the image, a display needle for displaying the processing condition, and in the imaging mode according to the processing condition Output means for outputting the obtained image based on the output signal of the color image sensor. By providing a second switch that switches between the imaging mode and a setting mode that sets processing conditions that correlate with the data size of the image, it is possible to quickly switch from the imaging mode to a mode that can set the data size of the image that is frequently changed. it can. Moreover, the data size of an image with a high change frequency can be quickly set only by the mode switching operation by the second switch and the rotation operation of the first switch. Further, by displaying the processing conditions of the data size of the image with a high change frequency with a needle, it is possible to improve the visibility of the setting state of the processing conditions of the data size while reducing power consumption.
Further, the second switch is preferably a lever. Since the mode can be recognized by the rotation angle of the lever, the operability is improved.

To achieve the above object, a color image sensor, an optical system for forming an image of a subject on the color image sensor, a rotatable first switch, a second switch for switching between an imaging mode and a setting mode, and the setting mode Setting means for setting a processing condition correlating with the white balance of the image according to the rotation angle of the first switch, a display needle for displaying the processing condition, and an image according to the processing condition in the imaging mode. Output means for outputting based on an output signal of the color image sensor. By providing a second switch that switches between the imaging mode and a setting mode that sets processing conditions that correlate with the white balance of the image, it is possible to quickly switch from the imaging mode to a mode that can set the white balance of images that are frequently changed. it can. Further, the white balance of an image with a high change frequency can be quickly set only by the mode switching operation by the second switch and the rotation operation of the first switch. Further, by displaying the white balance processing conditions of an image with a high change frequency with a needle, it is possible to improve the visibility of the setting state of the white balance processing conditions while reducing power consumption.
Further, the second switch is preferably a lever. Since the mode can be recognized by the rotation angle of the lever, the operability is improved.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described based on examples.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a digital still camera (DSC) 1 as a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The optical system 10 includes a plurality of lenses 12, a diaphragm 14, and the like. The optical system 10 forms an object on the light receiving surface of the image sensor 20. Between the optical system 10 and the image sensor 20, a shutter screen 16 that is operated by an opening / closing mechanism (not shown) is provided.
An image sensor 20 as a color image sensor according to claim 1 includes an image sensor including a photoelectric conversion element that constitutes pixels discretely arranged in a two-dimensional space and a charge transfer element such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device). These are so-called CCD color image sensors, CMOS color image sensors, and the like. The image sensor 20 is driven by a sensor controller (not shown). The image sensor 20 accumulates charges obtained by photoelectric conversion of the subject image formed by the optical system 10 for each pixel for a certain period of time, and outputs an electrical signal corresponding to the amount of light received for each pixel. One of four color filters of C (Cyan), M (Magenta), Y (Yellow), and G (Green) for each pixel, or three colors of R (Red), G (Green), and B (Blue) By providing one of the filters on the light receiving surface, the color image information can be captured by the image sensor 20. These color filters are regularly arranged on the light receiving surface of the image sensor 20. The exposure amount of the image sensor 20 is determined by the opening time of the shutter screen 16 and the opening area of the diaphragm 14. The exposure time of the image sensor 20 may be adjusted by electrically controlling the charge accumulation time itself of the image sensor 20.

  An analog front end (AFE) 22 as output means described in the claims converts an electrical signal output from the image sensor 20 into a digital signal by an AD converter and outputs the digital signal. Specifically, for example, the AFE 22 is a CDS (Correlated Double Sampling) process that is a process of reducing noise contained in an electric signal, an optical black clamp control for reproducing the black level of the image, and an image obtained by adjusting the gain of the electric signal. Signal level adjustment processing, quantization processing, and the like are performed and a digital image signal is output to the digital image processing unit 24.

  When the RAW format is selected in the conversion setting described later, the AFE 22 outputs data obtained by simply AD converting the output signal of the image sensor 20 to the external storage unit 28 as it is. RAW data is data obtained by simply digitizing an electric signal output from an image sensor. The RAW data format file is not determined by international standards like JPEG data, and the format and the number of shade bits can be freely determined. In the image file in the RAW data format of the present embodiment, the image information of the image sensor 20 is combined with the imaging information generated at the time of imaging in the camera, the image size, the number of bits representing shading per pixel, the color filter arrangement information of the sensor, and the like. The output signal is directly digitally converted by the AFE 22 and recorded. In this embodiment, the data portion of the sensor output recorded in the RAW format file (a simple digital conversion of the output signal of the image sensor 20) is referred to as RAW data.

The digital image processing unit 24 as an output unit according to the claims includes an image forming process, white balance correction, gamma correction, and a color space for converting the RGB color space to the YCbCr color space with respect to the digital image signal output from the AFE 22. Perform conversion and so on.
In the image forming process, R, G, B for each target pixel based on the gray level of one color output from the pixel of interest of the image sensor 20 and the gray level of multiple colors output from a plurality of pixels in the vicinity thereof. The process of generating the three primary color shade level information is repeated while moving the target pixel. By such an image forming process, a color image in which all pixels have R, G, and B lightness level information is formed.

  White balance correction is a process of correcting the color tone of an image according to the color temperature of a light source by multiplying the gray level of each channel of all pixels by a correction coefficient set for each channel. A correction coefficient, which is a processing condition for white balance correction, is set according to the type of light source in the imaging environment set by the user. As the light source setting, clear sky, cloudy weather, shade, fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp, etc. can be selected. Further, automatic setting can be selected as the light source setting, and when automatic setting is selected, the correction coefficient can be automatically set by analyzing the image.

  The data format conversion unit 26 as output means described in the claims converts the data format of the image output from the digital image processing unit 24 or the external storage unit 28. Specifically, the data format conversion unit 26 performs, for example, compression or expansion using the JPEG method, which is an irreversible compression method, or compression or expansion using a reversible compression method without data truncation. The data format conversion unit 26 is also configured to be able to convert to and reverse from TIFF format image data without compression. The data size of the image after conversion of the data format changes according to the conversion method selected as the processing condition. In JPEG compression, the data size of the image after conversion correlates with the step width of the quantization step when the DCT coefficient is quantized. The larger the step width of the quantization step, the smaller the data size of the image after compression, and the deterioration in image quality due to compression becomes more prominent. By storing the width of the quantization step in a table for each compression quality, a table used for quantization can be selected according to the conversion setting selected by the user. As the conversion setting, a RAW format, a TIFF format, JPEG high compression, JPEG low compression, and the like can be selected.

  The external storage unit 28 as output means described in the claims includes a card slot for connecting the removable memory 30, a memory controller, and the like. The external storage unit 28 is controlled by the control unit 42, the process of writing the image data converted by the data format conversion unit 26 or the RAW data output from the AFE 22 into the removable memory 30, and the image data stored in the removable memory 30 The process etc. which read are performed.

The screen display unit 34 includes an LCD 62 (see FIG. 3A), a display controller that controls the LCD 62, and the like. The screen display unit 34 is controlled by the control unit 42 and displays various menus and images stored in the removable memory 30 on the screen on the LCD 62 based on screen display data stored in the RAM 32.
The hand display unit 36 includes three display hands for displaying the light source setting, conversion setting, and remaining battery level (not shown) used for white balance correction, and a drive circuit thereof. The operation unit 37 includes a plurality of push button switches, levers, jog dials and the like for operating the DSC 1. Details of the needle display unit 36 and the operation unit 37 will be described later.

  The control unit 42 as the first setting unit and the second setting unit described in the claims includes a CPU 38, a flash memory 40, a RAM 32 as a storage unit, an input / output interface (not shown), and the like. The CPU 38 controls the entire DSC 1 by executing a program stored in the flash memory 40. The flash memory 40 is a non-volatile memory that stores various programs and data. Various programs and data stored in the flash memory 40 may be downloaded and stored from a predetermined server via a network, or may be read from a computer-readable storage medium such as a removable memory and stored. The RAM 32 is a memory for temporarily storing various programs and data. An input / output interface (not shown) converts data stored in the RAM 32 into a signal for controlling hardware such as the image sensor 20, and converts a signal output from the operation unit 37 into data that can be processed by the CPU 38. Circuit.

Next, the external appearance of the DSC 1 will be described.
3A is a rear view of the DSC 1, and FIG. 3B is a top view of the DSC 1 viewed from the Z direction shown in FIG. 3A.
The optical viewfinder 46 is used by the user to visually recognize the subject.
The power switch 74 is a switch for starting or terminating the DSC 1. The display switch 54, menu switch 56, enter switch 58, and cancel switch 60 are push button switches for operating the menu displayed on the LCD 62.

  The jog dial 44 as the first switch described in the claims is a rotatable switch for operating the menu displayed on the LCD 62, the light source setting, and the conversion setting. The jog dial 44 is provided so as to be rotatable in the XY directions and movable in the axial direction of the rotation shaft. The jog dial 44 is rotatably provided at two axial positions. In the following description, the side closer to the casing 64 of the DSC 1 is referred to as the lower position, and the position where the jog dial 44 is lifted upward from the lower position is referred to as the upper position. In FIG. 3A, the jog dial 44 in the lower position is indicated by a solid line, and the jog dial 44 in the upper position is indicated by a broken line.

  The lever 52 as the second switch described in the claims is a rotatable switch for switching between the imaging mode, the first setting mode, and the second setting mode. The DSC 1 transitions to the imaging mode, the first setting mode, or the second setting mode according to the posture change of the lever 52. When the jog dial 44 rotates in the first setting mode, the control unit 42 changes the light source setting according to the rotation angle of the jog dial 44 regardless of whether the jog dial 44 is in the upper or lower position. When the jog dial 44 rotates in the second setting mode, the control unit 42 changes the conversion setting according to the rotation angle of the jog dial 44 regardless of whether the jog dial 44 is in the upper or lower position. By making the intermediate posture (horizontal posture) of the lever 52 correspond to the imaging mode, it is possible to directly transition from the imaging mode to the first setting mode in which the light source setting can be changed and also in the second setting mode in which the conversion setting can be changed. Become.

  The winding lever 50 is provided to perform an operation for pulling up and mechanically fixing the shutter screen 16 in a state where the shutter is mechanically released so that the next shutter operation can be performed again. The user rolls up the winding lever 50 and performs shutter charging before imaging, thereby enabling the shutter screen 16 to perform imaging operation. The dial switch 49 is a rotary switch for setting the shutter speed and ISO sensitivity. The shutter switch 48 is installed at the center of the dial switch 49. When the shutter switch 48 is pressed after the shutter charge is performed in the imaging mode, the control unit 42 starts the imaging process.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the hand display unit 36 includes a rotary dial 66, a character ring 70, a dial 74, a light source setting display needle 65, a conversion setting display needle 72, a frame number display needle 67, and a battery remaining amount display needle 77. It has. The light source setting display needle 65, the conversion setting display needle 72, the frame number display needle 67, and the battery level display needle 77 are rotated by being driven by an actuator (not shown) of the needle display unit 36.

  The symbol written on the dial 74 pointed to by the light source setting display needle 65 as the first display hand indicates the currently set light source setting. The angle of the light source setting display needle 65 is determined by the control unit 42 controlling the actuator of the needle display unit 36 according to the currently set light source setting. The notation representing the light source setting may be a letter or a symbol. Specifically, for example, a letter A representing automatic setting, a circle representing sunlight, a double circle representing a fluorescent lamp, and a symbol representing an incandescent lamp are written on the dial 74.

  The alphabet written on the dial 74 pointed to by the conversion setting display hand 72 as the second display hand indicates the currently set conversion setting. The angle of the conversion setting display needle 72 is determined by the control unit 42 controlling the actuator of the needle display unit 36 according to the currently set conversion setting. The notation representing the conversion setting may be a character or a symbol. Specifically, for example, a letter R representing the RAW format, a character T representing the TIFF format, a character H representing the high compression JPEG format, and a character N representing the low compression JPEG format are written on the dial 74.

  The number displayed on the character ring 70 indicated by the frame number display needle 67 represents a guideline of the number of frames that can be recorded with the currently set conversion setting. The angle of the frame number display needle 67 is determined by the control unit 42 controlling the actuator of the needle display unit 36 according to the currently set conversion setting and the remaining capacity of the removable memory 30.

The portion of the arc indicated on the dial 74 pointed to by the remaining battery level indicator needle 77 represents the current remaining battery level.
The rotary dial 66 is a rotary switch that can adjust the automatically set exposure value from −2 EV to +2 EV. The exposure value is set in the control unit 42 according to the angle of the rotary dial 66.

  FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the jog dial 44 and its surroundings. The jog dial 44 is connected to the shaft 94 by a connecting member 96. The shaft 94 rotates with the jog dial 44 and moves with the jog dial 44 in the direction of the rotation axis that is the longitudinal direction of the shaft 94. In the upper part of the shaft 94, annular grooves 100 and 102 are formed. When the shaft 94 is displaced together with the jog dial 44 in the rotation axis direction, the U-shaped clip 98 is fitted into the annular grooves 100 and 102, so that the user who operates the jog dial 44 moves the jog dial 44 to the lower position or the upper position. Sense that it has been reached. Further, since the clip 98 has elasticity, the movement of the jog dial 44 in the rotation axis direction can be restricted by fitting the clip 98 into the annular groove 100 or the annular groove 102 at the upper and lower positions of the jog dial 44.

The cylindrical cover 86 is connected to the shaft 94, rotates with the shaft 94, and moves with the shaft 94 in the rotation axis direction. Gears 80 and 84 are attached to the outer peripheral wall of the cylindrical cover 86. The gears 80 and 84 rotate together with the cylindrical cover 86 and move together with the cylindrical cover 86 in the rotation axis direction.
When the gear 80 rotates together with the jog dial 44, the gear 80 comes into contact with the leaf spring 82, so that the user can obtain a click feeling when rotating the jog dial 44.

The amount of rotation of the gear 84 installed coaxially with the gear 80 is detected when the photo interrupter 90 detects the number of teeth or the number of missing teeth of the gear 84.
A leaf switch 90 is turned on and off by a shaft 94 that moves in the rotation axis direction together with the jog dial 44, and detects whether the jog dial 44 is in the lower position or the upper position.

Next, the operation of the DSC 1 will be described with reference to FIG. When the power switch 74 is operated to activate the DSC 1, the CPU 38 executes the control program stored in the flash memory 40, whereby the DSC 1 operates as follows.
First, the control unit 42 detects the posture of the lever 52 and operates as follows in each mode according to the posture of the lever 52 (S100).

  When the posture of the lever 52 is leftward on the drawing of FIG. 3A, the control unit 42 detects the rotation angle of the jog dial 44 based on the output signal of the photo interrupter 90 (S102). When the jog dial 44 rotates, the control unit 42 changes the light source setting according to the rotation angle (S104). Specifically, for example, the address value referred to when setting the white balance correction coefficient is changed to a value corresponding to the rotation angle. Next, the control unit 42 controls the actuator of the light source setting display needle 65 according to the light source setting. Under the control of the control unit 42, the actuator rotates the light source setting display needle 65 to an angle indicating a symbol on the dial 74 representing any light source setting (S106).

  When the posture of the lever 52 is left-down on the drawing of FIG. 3A, the control unit 42 detects the rotation angle of the jog dial 44 based on the output signal of the photo interrupter 90 (S108). When the jog dial 44 rotates, the control unit 42 changes the conversion setting according to the rotation angle (S110). Specifically, for example, the value referred to when selecting a table in which the quantization step width of the JPEG compression process is selected is changed to a value corresponding to the rotation angle. Next, the control unit 42 controls the actuator of the conversion setting display needle 72 according to the conversion setting. Under the control of the control unit 42, the actuator rotates the conversion setting display needle 72 to an angle indicating a symbol on the dial 74 representing any conversion setting (S112).

  When the posture of the lever 52 is horizontal (intermediate posture) in the drawing of FIG. 3B, the control unit 42 detects a pressing operation of the shutter switch 48 (S114). When the shutter switch 48 is pressed, the control unit 42 detects the shutter charge state (S116). If the shutter charge has been completed, the shutter screen 16 is opened for a time corresponding to the shutter speed, and the control unit 42 controls the image sensor 20 to output the charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion element (S118). The output signal of the image sensor 20 is AD converted by the AFE 22 (S120). The digital image processing unit 24 performs white balance correction processing corresponding to the light source setting on the digital signal output from the AFE 22 (S122). The digital image processing unit 24 performs other image processing such as gamma correction on the digital signal output from the AFE 22 (S126). The data format conversion unit 26 converts the data output from the digital image processing unit 24 according to the conversion setting (S126). The external storage unit 28 stores the image data output from the data format conversion unit 26 in the removable memory 30 (S128). If the conversion setting is in the RAW data format, the digital signal output from the AFE 22 is stored in the removable memory 30 as described above.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, the imaging mode, the first setting mode for setting the type of light source for determining the white balance correction coefficient, and the second setting for setting the data conversion method correlated with the data size of the image By providing the lever 52 for switching between modes, it is possible to quickly switch from the imaging mode to a mode in which the white balance and data conversion method of an image with a high change frequency can be set. Further, the white balance and the data conversion method of the frequently changed image can be quickly set only by the mode switching operation by the lever 52 and the rotation operation of the jog dial 44. In addition, by displaying the white balance and data conversion method processing conditions of frequently changed images with the display hands 65 and 72, it is possible to improve the visibility of the setting state of these processing conditions while reducing power consumption. Can do. In addition, by accepting the mode switching operation with the lever 52, the user can recognize the mode with the posture of the lever 52, so that the operability is improved.

  In the above embodiment, a configuration in which the mode can be directly changed from the imaging mode to the mode for setting the white balance and the mode for setting the data conversion method, and the setting contents can be changed by rotating the jog dial 44 in the two setting modes. However, the present invention does not limit the mode to be switched to these two modes, nor does it limit the setting items whose setting contents can be changed by the rotation of the jog dial 44 to the white balance and the data conversion method. . Specifically, for example, the imaging mode, the mode for setting the white balance, and the mode for setting the exposure correction may be switchable with the lever 52, or the imaging mode and the mode for setting the data conversion method. Further, the mode for setting the exposure correction may be switchable by the lever 52, the number of modes switchable by the lever 52 may be limited to only two, or may be expanded to four or more.

In the above embodiment, the imaging mode, the white balance setting mode, and the data conversion method setting mode are switched by the lever 52. However, the present invention does not limit the configuration of the mode switch to a lever. Specifically, for example, the mode may be switched by a push button switch in which the mode circulates each time the button is pressed, or a push button switch may be provided for each mode. When the mode is switched with such a push button switch, it is desirable to display the mode with an indicator such as an LED (Light Emitting Diode).
In the above embodiment, the processing condition correlated with the image data size is set by changing the conversion setting. However, the present invention does not limit the processing condition setting item correlated with the image data size to the conversion setting. Specifically, for example, in the second setting mode, the pixel size of the image may be changed with the jog dial 44.

3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the digital camera according to one embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a rear view of a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention, and (B) is a top view of the digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing an IV part of FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a jog dial and its surroundings according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (A) shows a state where the jog dial is mounted, (B) shows a state where the jog dial is removed, and (C) shows a shaft. Yes.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Optical system, 20 Image sensor (color image sensor), 22 AFE (output means), 24 Digital image processing part (output means), 26 Data format conversion part (output means), 28 External storage part (output means), 42 Control unit (first setting means, second setting means), 44 jog dial (first switch), 52 lever (second switch), 65 light source setting display needle (first display needle),
72 Conversion setting indicator hand (second indicator hand)

Claims (6)

A color image sensor,
An optical system for imaging a subject on the color image sensor;
A rotatable first switch;
A second switch for switching between the imaging mode, the first setting mode, and the second setting mode;
First setting means for setting a first processing condition that correlates with the white balance of the image in accordance with the rotation angle of the first switch in the first setting mode;
Second setting means for setting a second processing condition correlated with the data size of the image in accordance with the rotation angle of the first switch in the second setting mode;
A first indicator hand for displaying the first processing condition;
A second indicator hand for displaying the second processing condition;
In the imaging mode, an output unit that outputs an image according to the first processing condition and the second processing condition based on an output signal of the color image sensor;
A digital camera comprising:   The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the second switch is a lever. A color image sensor,
An optical system for imaging a subject on the color image sensor;
A rotatable first switch;
A second switch for switching between the imaging mode and the setting mode;
Setting means for setting a processing condition that correlates with the data size of the image according to the rotation angle of the first switch in the setting mode;
A display hand for displaying the processing conditions;
Output means for outputting an image according to the processing condition in the imaging mode based on an output signal of the color image sensor;
A digital camera comprising:   The digital camera according to claim 3, wherein the second switch is a lever. A color image sensor,
An optical system for imaging a subject on the color image sensor;
A rotatable first switch;
A second switch for switching between the imaging mode and the setting mode;
Setting means for setting a processing condition that correlates with the white balance of the image according to the rotation angle of the first switch in the setting mode;
A display hand for displaying the processing conditions;
Output means for outputting an image according to the processing condition in the imaging mode based on an output signal of the color image sensor;
A digital camera comprising: The digital camera according to claim 5, wherein the second switch is a lever.

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