17 in the subsequent step s 82 it is determined whether a frame process corresponding to the set photo taking mode is to be performed or not if the result of the determination in step s 82 is u201c no u201d the flow immediately proceeds to step s 85 if the result of the determination in step s 82 is u201c yes u201d the image data written in the main memory 19 is read out using the memory control circuit 17 and the image processing circuit 21 as required then the image data is sequentially subjected to a vertical addition process step s 83 and a coloring process step s 84 after that the processed picked up image data is written into the main memory 19 again then in the next step s 85 the picked up image data is read out from the main memory 19 and image data for display is transferred to the image display memory 18 through the main control circuit 17 then the flow returns to the main routine in fig4 fig7 is a flow chart of the routine for the recording process which is performed in step s 35 in fig4 first in step s 91 the picked up image data written in the main memory 19 is read out and the exposure evaluation value the white balance evaluation value and the distance measurement evaluation value which have been stored in the internal memory of the system control circuit 27 or the system memory 34.