Image pickup device

摘要

An image pickup device for picking up an image of a subject by using a solid-state image pickup array having a number of photo-electric conversion cells arranged in a matrix is disclosed a selector for selecting a first mode in which signal charges of at least two of the photo-electric conversion cells are combinationally read and a second mode in which the signal charges are read separately for each of the photo-electric conversion cells is provided, and an amplification factor for the read signal is varied in accordance with the mode selected.