Patent ID: 8379138
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to move a focusing lens, and detect a focus position; wherein said control unit executes auto-focus (AF) scan processing in which only a part of a range of movement of the focusing lens is set as a scan range, as first scan processing, and automatically executes auto-focus (AF) scan processing in which a region including a region differing from the scan region of said first scan processing is set as a scan range without any input by a user, as second scan processing, in the event that a focus point is not detected in said first scan processing, and said control unit calculates a subject distance which is an estimated distance to a subject which is to be photographed, executes said first scan processing by moving the focusing lens in only one direction from a scan start position, the scan start position being the position of the focusing lens where the calculated subject distance is a focal distance, and in the event that a focus point is not detected in said first scan processing, second scan processing is executed in which a region including a region other than the scan processing region of said first scan processing is set as a scan range.