Patent ID: 7583889
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a shake detection portion for detecting a shake of the imaging apparatus about two different axes perpendicular to an imaging axes optical axis; a first reference value calculation portion for calculating a first reference value using a shake detecting signal from the shake detection portion; a second reference value calculation portion for calculating a second reference value for the shake detecting signal different from that calculated by the first reference value calculation portion, wherein the second reference value calculation portion changes the calculation of the second reference value based on a value related to the first reference value; a shake compensation amount calculation portion for calculating an amount of shake compensation based on the output of the shake detection portion; and a shake compensation unit driven based on the output of the shake compensation amount calculation portion, wherein the shake compensation amount calculation portion calculates the amount of shake compensation using the first reference value before the start of still image capturing, wherein the imaging apparatus has a motion picture capturing mode for capturing motion picture as one of its operation modes, wherein the shake compensation amount calculation portion calculates the amount of shake compensation using the first reference value in the motion picture capturing mode, and wherein the second reference value calculation portion stops calculating in the motion picture capturing mode.