A digital camera includes an image pick-up element which receives light
reflected from an object and generates image data of the object, and a
light-receiving element which receives light reflected form the object
and outputs light-quantity data for the object. The light-receiving
element differs from the image pick-up element. In the sequence
photograph mode, the exposure amount of the image pick-up element is
controlled based on the light-quantity data output from the
light-receiving element. In the other modes, the exposure amount of the
image pick-up element is controlled based on the image data generated by
the image pick-up element itself.