An imaging device, an imaging method, and a recording medium storing an imaging program are provided. Each of the imaging device, imaging device, and the recording medium storing the imaging program outputs image data of an object on an image output unit, stores multiple levels of luminosity of the object in a memory in association with a plurality of set values that are referred to when image processing is performed on image data, specifies the level of luminosity of the object, selects one of the set values stored in the memory based on the level of luminosity specified by the specifying, and performs image processing on the image data output from the image output unit, based on the set value selected by the selecting.