Patent ID: 8965192
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus provided with an image sensor which converts light reflected from an object into an electric signal, the imaging apparatus comprising: an assist control unit configured to perform an assist mode operation, wherein, in the assist mode operation, a zoom position changes to a wide-angle side in a case that a first operation of a first member by an operator is detected by a detection unit, and then a zoom position changes to a target zoom position in a case that a second operation of the first member by the operator is detected by the detection unit; a storage processing unit configured, when the first operation of the first member by the operator is detected by the detection unit, to store the zoom position as the target zoom position; and a focus adjustment unit configured to perform an auto-focus operation in which a focus lens is moved in accordance with a signal output from the image sensor so as to bring the object into an in-focus state, wherein the auto-focus operation by the focus adjustment unit is configured to be regulated during the assist mode operation, and wherein the focus adjustment unit moves the focus lens with a first change amount per unit time after the zoom position moves towards a telephoto side in the assist mode operation, the first changing amount per unit time is greater than a second change amount per unit time, and the move of the focus lens with the second change amount is performed before the assist mode operation.