Patent ID: 9560245
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus having a lens or a mount unit for mounting a lens on an object side surface of an apparatus main body and a grip unit at an end portion on one side of the apparatus main body, the imaging apparatus comprising: at least one processor coupled to a memory; a setting unit configured to set a prohibit state that prohibits changing a setting value of a specific setting item; an operation member to be used in changing the setting value of the specific setting item; a temporary cancel member; and a control unit configured to perform control, wherein, in a case where the prohibit state is set and if the temporary cancel member has not been operated and the operation member has been operated, the control unit is configured to perform control not to change the setting value of the specific setting item, wherein, in a case where the prohibit state is set and if the temporary cancel member has been operated and the operation member has been operated, the control unit is configured to perform control to change the setting value of the specific setting item according to an operation performed on the operation member, wherein, in a case where the prohibit state is not set, the control unit performs control to change the setting value of the specific setting item according to an operation performed on the operation member regardless of whether the temporary cancel member has been operated, and wherein the setting unit and the control unit are implemented by the at least one processor.