An electronic camera free from failures of an internal circuit, such as a
signal processing portion, caused by a drop in
battery voltage when there remains a small amount of
electric charge in the battery, includes a
signal processing portion for
signal-
processing an imaged video signal obtained from an imaging element to form image data, a monitor for displaying the image data, an electronic flash device, a battery for supplying current to the
signal processing portion, the monitor and the electronic flash device, a
battery voltage detector circuit, and a
system controller. She electronic flash device includes a
capacitor charged when no light is emitted, and a
discharge tube receiving an output from the
capacitor and emitting light. The
system controller receives an output from the
battery voltage detector circuit, determines whether the amount of
electric charge remaining in the battery is below a predetermined value, and controls displaying on the monitor and charging of the
capacitor such that these operations are simultaneously performed when the amount of
electric charge remaining in the battery is below the predetermined value.