To provide a photoelectric converter in which random noise is reduced. In a photoelectric converter, an output terminal of a photoelectric converter means is connected to input terminals of a reset means and an amplifying means, a charge transfer means is connected to an output terminal of the amplifying means, another terminal of the charge transfer means is connected to a capacitor and a gate of a source follower amplifier, a source of the source follower amplifier is connected to a channel select means, another terminal of the channel select means is connected to a common signal line, and the common signal line is connected to a current source.