Recently, digital cameras and digital video cameras that store and save a subject image as a digital image signal in a storage medium have been spread. In a case where images are shot using such camera, it is necessary to set shooting parameters of the camera appropriately according to a surrounding environment and situation. For example, Patent Literature 1 below proposes an operating lever enabling complex operations to be performed intuitively so as to comfortably switch the configuration of various shooting parameters.
However, it is difficult for general users to manually set appropriate shooting parameters. Accordingly, in general, digital cameras and the like have an auto function by which shooting parameters corresponding to environments are automatically set. For example, the following Patent Literatures 2 through 4 propose imaging devices that automatically set appropriate shooting parameters corresponding to subjects.
In addition, the following Patent Literature 5 proposes a technology of presenting shooting parameters corresponding to a specified subject, and the following Patent Literatures 6 and 7 propose technologies of easily setting shooting conditions corresponding to a preference of a user.