DIGITAL STILL CAMERA AND IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD

摘要

An image picked up can be corrected to an image desired by a user by using only a digital still camera. There are provided an RAM (15) for holding image data of an image on which gradation correction is to be executed, by a format of a standard color space, and a gradation correction circuit (35). The image data is read out from the RAM (15) and the read-out image data is subjected to gradation correction by the gradation correction circuit (35). Automatic gradation correction statistically analyzes the luminance signal of the image and categorizes the image so as to perform correction by using an appropriate correction curve.