Image pickup apparatus, solid-state imaging device, and image generating method

Abstract

In an image pickup apparatus of the present invention, a CCDin which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional array, thereof the number of effective horizontal pixels is H and the number of effective vertical pixels is V; a aspect switching operatorthat sets one of a plurality of aspect modes including a first aspect mode and a second aspect mode; an image processorthat generates first image data for recording in the first aspect mode, and generates second image data for recording in the second aspect mode, wherein the first image data for recording is generated using image data that is generated with pixels being Hhorizontal pixels by Vvertical pixels included in the pixels on the CCDor image data that is obtained by subjecting said image data to predetermined processing, the second image data for recording is generated using image data that is generated with pixels being Hhorizontal pixels by Vvertical pixels included in the pixels on the solid-state imaging device or image data that is obtained by subjecting said image data to predetermined processing, and the first image data for recording and the second image data for recording satisfy the following relationships: H<H≦H, and V<V≦V. Thus, it is possible to make the sizes or qualities of sets of image data for recording close to each other even if they have different aspect modes.