Electronic camera

Abstract

An electronic camera including a recording medium for recording a plurality of images and a menu switch for displaying, on a display device, a page of a menu applicable to select items for image recording and another page of a menu applicable to set the brightness of the display device.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An electronic camera comprising: 
 an optical system which includes a focusing lens for adjusting the focal point in order to form a subject image and an image sensing unit for converting the subject image formed on an imaging plane thereof into an analog image signal and further producing a digital image signal corresponding to the analog image signal;    a signal processing unit which performs various processes for the digital image signal issued from the image sensing unit;    an encoding/decoding unit which performs encoding to compress output data issued from the signal processing unit, the compressed data issued from the encoding/decoding unit are stored into a recording medium applied thereto;    a display device which is mounted on the electronic camera so as to display various information with images and/or characters;    a control unit which is disposed in the electronic camera in association with the optical system, the signal processing unit, the encoding/decoding unit, and the display device, and the control unit integrally controls the electronic camera; and    a plurality of switches which are disposed on the electronic camera in association with the control unit;    wherein the control unit is capable of making the display device display a page of a menu applicable to select items for image recording, and another page of a menu applicable to set the brightness of the display device, in the case where the electronic camera is set in an image-pickup mode for image recording, in response to an operation to a predetermined switch among the plurality of switches.    
     
     
         2 . The electronic camera of  claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further capable of making the display device display a page of a menu applicable to select the image quality of image data to be recorded on the recording medium.  
     
     
         3 . The electronic camera of  claim 2 , wherein the image quality may be selected from the group consisting of super high quality, high quality and standard quality.  
     
     
         4 . The electronic camera of  claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further capable of making the display device display a page of a menu applicable to select the exposure time of image data to be recorded on the recording medium.  
     
     
         5 . The electronic camera of  claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further capable of making the display device display a page of a menu applicable to select an item for erasing all of the image data recorded on the recording medium.  
     
     
         6 . The electronic camera of  claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further capable of making the display device display a page of a menu applicable to select an item for initializing the recording medium.  
     
     
         7 . The electronic camera of  claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further capable of making the display device display a page of a menu applicable to select an item for inputting date data.