An endoscopic device of the present invention comprises: an endoscope having an image pickup unit that outputs a picked up an image of a subject as an image pickup signal; an image pickup signal amplification unit; a light source unit; a light intensity control unit that controls an amount of light; a spectral unit that penetrates light in a band based on predetermined characteristics; a brightness control unit that controls a brightness of an image displayed on a display unit; and a mode switching unit that switches a first mode for emitting first illumination light and a second mode for emitting second illumination light having a band narrower than the first illumination light, wherein the brightness control unit controls the light intensity control unit and then controls the image pickup signal amplification unit in the second mode.