Image pickup device adaptable to display fewer vertical pixels

An image pickup device comprising:

• a color filter array that includes color filters arranged in horizontal and vertical directions;
• and an image pickup element for picking up an image of an object through said color filter array, wherein
• said color filter array comprises color filter groups of a plurality of units, in which each unit comprises first to eighth color filter groups and each color filter group represents a column comprises an array of the color filters,
• the first color filter group comprises an alternate array of first and second color filters,
• the second color filter group comprises an alternate array of third and fourth color filters,
• the third color filter group comprises an alternate array of the second and first color filters,
• the fourth color filter group comprises an alternate array of the fourth and third color filters,
• the fifth color filter group is arranged in a same manner as the third color filter group,
• the sixth color filter group is arranged in a same manner as the second color filter group,
• the seventh color filter group is arranged in a same manner as the first color filter group, and
• the eighth color filter group is arranged in a same manner as the fourth color filter group.