Patent ID: 9100566
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus which performs a photographing operation with a specified photographing condition, the imaging apparatus comprising: a first operation section which is positioned in a predetermined area on the imaging apparatus; a second operation section which arbitrarily adjusts a predetermined photographing parameter included in the photographing condition, within a range between a first value and a second value; a selecting section which selects a photographing mode type from among a plurality of photographing mode types included in a photographing mode, wherein the plurality of photographing mode types respectively correspond to different photographing targets, and wherein a different photographing condition is set for each of the different photographing targets; a reference value setting section which sets and stores a reference value of the photographing parameter for each of the plurality of photographing mode types within the range between the first value and the second value; and a changing section which, regardless of a value of the photographing parameter arbitrarily adjusted by the second operation section, reads out the reference value corresponding to the photographing mode type selected by the selecting section from among the reference values set and stored by the reference value setting section, and changes the photographing parameter to the read-out reference value, when one operation is performed on the first operation section.