Image pickup apparatus capable of applying color conversion to captured image and control method thereof

摘要

In an image sensing apparatus adapted to apply user-settable image processing to a sensed image, display in an electronic viewfinder of an image to which a user-set image processing is applied and an image to which such image processing is not applied is switched with each passage of a predetermined period of time or in response to a user operation. Implementing a preview function with the electronic viewfinder image enables the user to check the results of the image processing in real time prior to actual image sensing by comparing the processed image and the original image to provide an easy-to-use preview function.

主权项

1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image sensing unit that senses rays of light from a subject that pass through an optical system and outputs an image of the subject; a display unit that continuously displays images obtained in real time from the image sensing unit, as an electronic view finder; an image processing unit that applies color conversion processing, by using a look-up table, to the image, in which color conversion processing a color of the image is converted into another color, wherein at least one of the following conditions is satisfied: (a) the color to be converted is determined based on a partial area of an image obtained from the image sensing unit, the partial area being designated by a user operation, and (b) the another color is determined based on a partial area of an image obtained from the image sensing unit, the partial area being designated by a user operation; and a control unit that controls the display unit to alternately display a processed image to which the color conversion processing is applied by the image processing unit, and a non-processed image to which the color conversion processing is not applied by the image processing unit, so as to enable the user to compare the processed image with the non-processed image.