Patent ID: 8605188
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G03B,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera comprising: an imaging section for converting a subject image to image data; an in-viewfinder display section for displaying the subject image by means of an eyepiece, based on the image data; a display section, provided on a rear surface of the camera, on which it is possible to view an image for adjustment mode setting without using the eyepiece; an operation member provided on the outside of a lens barrel housing a photographing lens of the camera, configured to provide a rotation operation around the lens barrel; a switching section for switching between a mode adjustment display on the display section and a numerical value adjustment display on the in-viewfinder display section; a mode determination section for, when the mode adjustment display has been carried out by the switching section, determining an adjustment mode in accordance with a rotation operation of the operation member, while confirming the adjustment mode setting image displayed on the display section; an eye proximity detection section for detecting whether or not the photographer's eye is close to the in-viewfinder display section, wherein the switching section switches the mode adjustment display and the numerical value adjustment display in accordance with an ocular detection result of the eye proximity detection section; and a numerical value adjustment section configured to provide, when the numerical value adjustment display has been performed by the switching section, numerical value adjustment of shooting parameters in accordance with the determined adjustment mode, and in accordance with the rotation operation of the operation member, while confirming the subject image on the in-viewfinder display section, wherein the mode determination section switches a display provided on the display section, and the numerical value adjustment section switches a display provided on the in-viewfinder display section.