The purpose of the present invention is to generate an image more accurately with an image processing unit for Bayer processing, regardless of the filter array of imaging elements, without improving the image processing unit for Bayer processing. The present invention addresses this by providing an endoscope (1) including: an imaging element (31)； a color filter which is disposed on the pixels of the imaging element (31) and in which primary color pixels and complementary color pixels are mixed； a correspondence detection processing unit (35) which detects whether an image processing unit (63) that generates an observation image on the basis of image information of a subject obtained by the imaging element (31) via the color filter corresponds to image information comprising an array in which primary color pixels and complementary color pixels are mixed； and a Bayer conversion processing unit (39) which subjects the image information to be sent to the image processing unit (63) from the imaging element (31) to a Bayer conversion process when the correspondence detection processing unit (35) detects that the image processing unit (63) does not correspond to the image information described above, and which does not subject the image information to be sent to the image processing unit (63) from the imaging element (31) to the Bayer conversion process when the correspondence detection processing unit (35) detects that the image processing unit (63) corresponds to the image information described above.L'objet de la présente invention est de générer une image plus précise à l'aide d'une unité de traitement d'image pour conversion Bayer, indépendamment du réseau de filtres des éléments d'imagerie, et sans nécessité d'amélioration de l'unité de traitement d'image pour la conversion Bayer. L'objet précité est atteint par utilisation d'un endoscope (1) comprenant : un élément d'imagerie (31) ； un filtre couleurs qui est placé sur les pixels de l'élément d'imagerie (31) et dan
