Patent ID: 7876376
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus including an iris mechanism for changing the amount of light with which an image pickup element is irradiated by changing an aperture diameter using the iris mechanism and a filter unit, having a single density, for changing the amount of incident light, said image pickup apparatus being capable of switching between a first mode of photographing for recording a plurality of frames and a second mode of photographing for recording one frame in accordance with a predetermined action, said image pickup apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to control the filter unit so that the filter unit is controlled during photographing in the first mode so as to be positioned at a plurality of positions including a position at which the filter unit partially covers the aperture diameter of the iris mechanism, and is configured to control the filter unit during photographing in the second mode so as not to position the filter unit at a position at which the filter unit partially covers the aperture diameter of the iris mechanism.