Electronic device and photographing method

An electronic device comprising:

• an image sensor;
• a display comprising a touchscreen;
• and
• a processor functionally connected to the image sensor and the display,
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• acquire a gesture through the touchscreen while the display is in an inactive state;
• and
• in response to a release of the gesture on the touchscreen, transmit a drive command to the image sensor, receive data from the image sensor as a response to the drive command, generate first processing data and second processing data having a greater capacity than the first processing data by processing the data, control the display to display the first processing data by conversion to an image, encode the second processing data, and store the encoded data.

A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

• while a display of the electronic device is in an inactive state or is displaying a screen not corresponding to a camera application;
• in response to a stop of a user input on a touch screen of the display, being a stop of an object moving in a state of contacting or hovering over the touch screen, transmitting a first drive command to an image sensor, receiving first data from the image sensor as a response to the first drive command, generating processing data by processing the first data, and controlling the display to display the processing data by converting the processing data to an image;
• and
• in response to a release of the user input, being a release of contact between an object and the touch screen or the release of a hovering object, transmitting a second drive command to the image sensor, receiving second data from the image sensor as a response to the second drive command, generating first processing data and second processing data having a greater capacity than the first processing data by processing the second data, controlling the display to display the first processing data by converting the first processing data to an image, encoding the second processing data, and storing the encoded data.