An image capturing apparatus capable of removing a noise due to a dark
signal from a solid-state imaging device is provided. After storing an
image signal (A2) obtained through an ordinary capturing in an image
memory, an image signal (B2) captured immediately thereafter with a
shutter closed is stored in the image memory. Next, respective image
signals (A2) and (B2) are supplied to a preprocessing circuit (6a) via a
memory controller (6c). An arithmetic circuit (61), by subtracting the
image signal (B2) from the image signal (A2), removes a fixed pattern
noise and an offset component. A bright spot detection circuit (62)
detects an occurrence position of a bright spot noise from the image
signal (B2), and in response to this detection, outputs a timing pulse
(T1). A black point compensation circuit (63), on the basis of the timing
pulse (T1), detects a pixel having a possibility of occurrence of a black
point noise, in an image signal (C1) outputted from the arithmetic
circuit (61), and compensates for this pixel using a data of a pixel in
the vicinity thereof.