An apparatus has an image sensing device, and a signal processing device
for performing a first image sensing operation for making the image
sensing device perform an image sensing operation in an exposure state to
obtain a sensed image signal, and a second image sensing operation for
making the image sensing device perform an image sensing operation in a
non-exposure state to obtain a sensed image signal, and processing the
sensed image signal obtained by the first image sensing operation by the
sensed image signal obtained by the second image sensing operation. The
signal processing device determines in accordance with the image sensing
time of the first image sensing operation whether or not the second image
sensing operation is performed.