Patent ID: 8107002
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit capable of changing a frame rate; an exposure control unit which performs automatic exposure control according to a control condition that specifies how to change a combination of a plurality of types of shooting parameters including an exposure time and a lens aperture value of the imaging unit in accordance with a brightness of an object; and a control unit which changes the control condition when the exposure control unit performs the automatic exposure control to a control condition that restricts a change of the lens aperture value as compared with before a change in the frame rate, in a case in which the frame rate of the imaging unit changes from a first frame rate to a second frame rate which is higher than the first frame rate, wherein the control unit changes the control condition when the exposure control unit performs the automatic exposure control to a control condition that reduces an upper limit of the adjustable exposure time as compared with before the change in the frame rate, in the case in which the frame rate of the imaging unit changes from the first frame rate to the second frame rate.