An electronic still camera includes an image pickup unit for picking up an object image to generate a frame image, the image pickup unit having a single pickup mode of picking up an object image to generate a single frame image, and a continuous pickup mode of picking up an object image continuously to generate a plurality of continuous frame images, and a display unit for displaying a frame image in a display manner specialized to the pickup mode in which the frame image is generated. Each frame image is stored in a memory, and given with pickup mode information representing which the frame image is generated in the single pickup mode or the continuous pickup mode.