Digital camera, image pickup method, and image format conversion method

摘要

Upon a photographer selecting and setting a desired trimming form from various trimming forms prepared beforehand, an image regarding which shooting is planned can be displayed on a display unit 31 in a state with the selected trimming form applied to the image by a first signal processing unit within the system controller 18, and in the event of subsequently performing shooting (recording) activation operations such as releasing or the like, image signals to which trimming is not applied and identification signals representing the trimming form selected at that time can be recorded on a recording medium 23 by a second signal processing unit in the system controller 18. At the time of reproducing, the image signals recorded in the recording medium 23 can be reproduced in a state with the trimming form corresponding thereto applied.