Patent ID: 9413975
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object; a light metering unit configured to perform light metering on the object; an exposure control value setting unit configured to set an exposure control value according to a first selecting operation in which a user selects an exposure control value; an exposure control value changing unit configured to change an exposure control value to be set by the exposure control value setting unit by selecting an exposure control value included in an exposure control value control range based on a result of the light metering by the light metering unit; a control range setting unit configured to set the exposure control value control range according to a second selecting operation in which a user selects at least one exposure control value; and a control range changing unit configured, in a case that the exposure control value set according to the first selecting operation is out of the exposure control value control range set according to the second selecting operation, to change the exposure control value control range set by the control range setting unit into a range including the exposure control value set by the exposure control value setting unit automatically without requiring a selecting operation in which a user selects an exposure control value, wherein the exposure control value control range is changed by controlling only one of an upper limit value of the exposure control value and a lower limit value of the exposure control value.