Image shift correcting device, image capturing device, and digital camera using same

A image shift correcting device, comprising:

• an image capturing element for performing image capture;
• an exposure controlling element for repeating an exposure for obtaining image data and non-exposure in a predetermined cycle in the image capturing element;
• a image shift correcting element for correcting a shift of a subject image in the image capturing element;
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• a controlling element for performing the correction by the image shift correcting element when the exposure for obtaining image data is performed.

An electric camera projecting an image of a subject onto an image capturing surface of image capturing element through a taking lens system capable of focusing, and capturing the image, comprising:

• a displaying element for performing monitoring display of captured image data;
• a focusing element for focusing the taking lens system based on image data of the subject captured by the image capturing element by an exposure operation repeated in a predetermined cycle during a photographing preparation period;
• a image shift correcting element for optically correcting a shift, due to a hand shake, of a light image of the subject projected onto the image capturing surface;
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• a controlling element for allowing the correction operation by the image shift correcting element only in the exposure operation in the photographing preparation period.