Patent ID: 8494355
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus that can switch between an optical viewfinder mode for identifying an object using an optical viewfinder and a live view mode for identifying an image of an object using a monitor, the apparatus comprising: an operation member configured to instruct photography operation by a user's operation; a focus control unit configured to perform autofocus which is based on a first operation of the operation member by user in the optical viewfinder mode, and the focus control unit does not perform autofocus which is based on a first operation of the operation member by user in the live view mode; and an exposure control unit configured to change from a first exposure control interlocked with the drive of a focal lens to a second exposure control which is not interlocked with the drive of a focal lens, if the optical viewfinder mode is switched to the live view mode.