Imaging device which obtains still images from captured video

A method of generating a still image using an imaging device having a video mode in which a still image generated from video captured in the video mode takes priority over a quality of the video captured in the video mode, the imaging device including an imaging unit, an optical system unit including at least one lens, an image processor, a memory comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a controller, the method comprising:

• using the imaging unit, capturing image data from optical information input through the optical system unit;
• using the image processor, performing a predetermined process to the image data;
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• using the controller, generating and storing in the memory video data comprising a series of consecutive frames of a video by controlling at least one of the optical system unit, the imaging unit, and the image processor based on video capture settings;
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• generating a still image from a single frame of the stored video data, wherein:
• the controller has at least a first video mode and a second video mode set independently from the first video mode, each video mode being configured to generate the video data and store the video data,
• the first video capture settings and the second video capture settings both include a shutter speed, a frame rate, and an image aspect ratio;
• the shutter speed in the second video capture settings is set to be faster than a frame period in the second video capture settings;
• the image aspect ratio in the second video capture settings is set to be an image aspect ratio value that cannot be set as the image aspect ratio in the first video capture settings;
• in the first video mode, capturing the video data in accordance with at least one or more first video capture settings;
• in the second video mode, capturing the video data in accordance with second video capture settings and storing the series of frames of the video data, generating the still image from a single frame of the video data captured in the second video mode, the still image having less blur of an object than a still image generated from a single frame of the video data captured in the first video mode;
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• the still image generated from the single frame of the video data captured in the second video mode having less blur of the object than the still image generated from the single frame of the video data captured in the first video mode is a result of the shutter speed in the second video capture settings being set to be faster than the shutter speed in the first video capture settings when compared under a condition of a same frame rate.