Camera capable of changing photographic screen size and method

A camera capable of switching a photographic screen size, comprising:

• a screen size switching device that switches the photographic screen size between a panorama screen size and a plurality of other screen sizes;
• a display that displays in a viewfinder the photographic screen sizes;
• a power source that supplies power to the camera;
• a counter coupled with said screen size switching device, said counter counting a number of times each photographic screen size is selected;
• a selection device that selects a frequent photographic screen size that has been counted the largest number of times by the counter, excluding the number of times the panorama screen size has been selected;
• and
• a controller coupled to said display, said controller controlling the display to display in the viewfinder the photographic screen size selected by the selection device after photography with the panorama screen size has been completed, wherein the photographic screen size switching device switches to the photographic screen size selected by the selection device after photography with the panorama screen size has been completed.

A method of operating a camera capable of performing photography in a plurality of photographic screen sizes, the method comprising:

• supplying power with a power source to the camera in one of at least two power supply modes, the power supply modes comprising a normal power supply mode supplying a first amount of power to the camera when the camera is switched on and a low consumption power supply mode supplying a second amount of power, smaller than the first amount of power, to the camera after a predetermined time interval has elapsed after the power source is switched on;
• switching between said plurality of photographic screen sizes when the camera is in the normal power supply mode and when the camera is in the low consumption power supply mode;
• and
• controlling a display of the camera to display the photographic screen size switched to in the switching step.

A method of operating a camera capable of switching a photographic screen size, the method comprising:

• switching of the photographic screen size between a panorama screen size and a plurality of other screen sizes;
• supplying power to the camera;
• counting a number of times each photographic screen size is selected;
• selecting a photographic screen size that has been counted the largest number of times in the counting step, excluding the number of times the panorama screen size has been selected;
• and
• controlling a display of the camera to display in the viewfinder of the camera the photographic screen size selected in the selecting step after photography with the panorama screen size has been completed, wherein the method comprises switching to the photographic screen size selected in the selecting step after photography with the panorama screen size has been completed.