Patent ID: 7724300
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera comprising: a first photographing system that includes a first image pickup device which picks up an image of a subject, a first optical system which forms the subject image on the first image pickup device; a second photographing system that includes a second image pickup device which picks up an image of a subject, a second optical system which forms the image of the subject on the second image pickup device and which has a focal depth set shorter than that of the first optical system, and a focus adjustment control unit which performs a focus adjustment that is to determine a focal distance of the first and/or second optical system when photographing the subject by at least one of the first photographing system and the second photographing system, wherein when the subject is to be photographed by the second photographing system, the adjustment control unit performs the focus adjustment by determining a first focal distance of the first optical system and thereafter determining a second focal distance of the second optical system controls, on the basis of the determined first focus distance.