Patent ID: 9723220
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus which can set a high-dynamic-range mode which outputs a first image and outputs a second image with an exposure amount different from that of the first image after the first image, the imaging apparatus comprising at least one processor coupled to at least one memory, the at least one processor being programmed to implement: a light amount adjustment unit configured to drive a light amount adjustment member to adjust the amount of light input to an imaging unit which outputs images by imaging a subject; a control unit configured to control the imaging unit; and a setting unit configured to set a difference in the exposure amount between the first image and the second image to a predetermined difference based on at least one of the light amount adjustment by the light amount adjustment unit and the controlling of the imaging unit by the control unit when the high-dynamic-range mode is set, wherein the first image and the second image are images used for compositing, wherein the predetermined difference is a difference that maintains relative relationship in the exposure amount between the first image and the second image, and wherein the setting unit sets the predetermined difference in the exposure amount so that the relative relationship in the exposure amount between the first image and the second image outputted when the light amount adjustment member is driven in accordance with changes in a luminance of the subject is the same as the relative relationship in the exposure amount between the first image and the second image outputted when the light amount adjustment member is not driven.