ELECTRONIC CAMERA

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a performance of correcting a defective pixel which is generated posteriori.SOLUTION: An imaging apparatus 20 has an imaging plane where a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a two-dimensional manner, and outputs raw image data corresponding to an optical image captured on the imaging plane. A camera processing circuit 24 performs pixel defect correction referring to defective pixel information registered in a register RGST1 on the raw image data outputted from the imaging apparatus 20. a Sub CPU 48 detects a parameter (zoom magnification or illuminance) defining the quantity of light made incident to the imaging plane during a period from power-off operation to power-on operation and executes defective pixel detection processing when the detected parameter satisfies a predetermined condition. A defective pixel which appears posteriori on the imaging plane, is detected by a main CPU 28 and the defective pixel information registered in the register RGST1 is updated on the basis of a detection result.