Imaging apparatus including strobe light emitting function

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• a image sensor element for converting light of a subject to image data;
• a xenon tube;
• a solid light-emitting element;
• a consecutive imaging controlling section for performing a consecutive imaging process in which the subject is consecutively imaged at a predetermined imaging interval, depending on a consecutive imaging instruction;
• a deciding section for deciding whether to emit the xenon strobe light or the solid light-emitting element strobe light for each instance of imaging in the consecutive imaging process performed by the consecutive imaging controlling section;
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• a light emission controlling section for emitting the strobe light that has been decided by the deciding section for each instance of imaging in the consecutive imaging process performed by the consecutive imaging controlling section.

A method for controlling an imaging apparatus including an image sensor element for converting light of a subject to image data, a xenon tube, and a solid light-emitting element, comprising:

• a setting step of performing setting such that any one of consecutive imaging processes, among xenon strobe light consecutive imaging process, a solid light-emitting element strobe light consecutive imaging process, and an automatically-switched strobe light consecutive imaging process, is performed;
• a starting step of starting a consecutive imaging process for imaging the subject for only a predetermined number of times at a predetermined imaging interval, using the image sensor element;
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• a light-emitting step of emitting only the xenon strobe light at each instance of imaging when the consecutive imaging process is set to the xenon strobe light consecutive imaging process at the setting step, emitting only the solid light-emitting element strobe light at each instance of imaging when the consecutive imaging process is set to the solid light-emitting element strobe light consecutive imaging process at the setting step, and selects one of either the xenon strobe light or the solid light-emitting element strobe light for each instance of imaging when the consecutive imaging process is set to the automatically-switched strobe light consecutive imaging process at the setting step, in the consecutive imaging process started at the starting step.

A method for controlling an imaging apparatus including an image sensor element for converting light of a subject to image data, a xenon tube, and a solid light-emitting element, comprising:

• a starting step of starting a consecutive imaging process for consecutively imaging the subject at a predetermined imaging interval, depending on an instruction for consecutive imaging;
• a deciding step of deciding whether to emit the xenon strobe light or the solid light-emitting element strobe light in each instance of imaging in the consecutive imaging process started at the starting step;
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• an imaging step of emitting the strobe light decided by the deciding step and performing an imaging and recording of the subject by the image sensor element at each instance of imaging in the consecutive imaging process started at the starting step.