Patent ID: 7627239
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. An image-taking apparatus comprising: a focus detector, which detects the focus states at a plurality of focus detection areas provided in an image-taking screen; and a selector, which selects a focus target area from the plurality of focus detection areas based on the detection result of the focus detector, an image-taking lens being focused on an object in the focus target area, wherein, in a case where a first object distance to a first object is longer than a first predetermined distance, a second object which exists on an outer side of the first object in the image-taking screen is relatively near to the image-taking apparatus for the first object, and a distance of a difference between the second object and the first object is more than a second predetermined distance, the selector selects the focus detection area corresponding to the first object as the focus target area.