endoscope apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CCD7, the LED1, LED2 has to control the LED control section 17 (the controller 15), a, LED control unit 17, based on the imaging start timing signal for each imaging cycle S in CCD7, so as not to overlap the driving time of the LED1 and LED2, and it performs a two LED1, LED2 of the drive in the imaging cycle S in sequence, in order to adjust the exposure amount in the imaging period S, the LED1, variably controls the LED2 of the driving time, in the imaging cycle S, and two At least the first drive, and controls the driving timing of the LED1 which is driven in front of it so as to drive the reference in the LED2 of the image pickup within a period S for driving the second and subsequent.本実施形態の内視鏡装置1は、CCD7と、LED1、LED2を制御するLED制御部17(制御部15)と、を有し、LED制御部17は、CCD7の撮像周期Sごとの撮像開始タイミング信号を基に、LED1とLED2の駆動時間が重ならないように、撮像周期S内で2つのLED1、LED2の駆動を順次行うとともに、撮像周期S内の露光量を調整するために、前記LED1、LED2の駆動時間を可変に制御し、撮像周期S内において、二番目以降に駆動するLED2の前記撮像周期S内における少なくとも最初の駆動を、その前に駆動しているLED1の駆動タイミングを基準に駆動させるように制御する。
