An image sensing apparatus comprising: a CCD, optical system for forming an image
on the CCD; A/D converter for converting an image signal outputted by the CCD to
a digital signal; color interpolator for performing color interpolation on the
digital signal converted by the A/D converter and generating image data on R, G
and B color planes; color space converter for converting RGB color space to YUV
colorimetric system; and median filter for reducing pseudo color components, generated
by the color interpolator, by controlling color difference signals U and V. By
cutting high frequency components of the signal, filtered by the median filter,
then thinning out YUV signals and performing JPEG compression, pseudo color components
generated by color interpolation can be reduced.