Photographing apparatus and method

A photographing method of a photographing apparatus, the photographing apparatus comprising a lens array in which a plurality of lenses are regularly arranged on a single plane and a photoelectric conversion unit comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion areas each including a plurality of pixels, the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas installed on a single plane, each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas corresponding to an irradiation range of light passing through one of the plurality of lenses of the lens array, the photographing method comprising:

• selecting a data read-out mode from among a first mode and at least one second mode;
• and
• reading out data according to the selected data read-out mode;
• wherein in the first mode, data is continuously read out from all pixels included in the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas;
• and
• wherein in the at least one second mode, a subset of fewer than all pixels of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas are selected and used to generate a color image, wherein the selected pixels of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas are at relatively the same positions with respect to each respective lens of the lens array, and wherein data is continuously read out from the selected pixels.