Patent ID: 7359000
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a taking lens; a main body; an image pickup device that receives light passing through said taking lens and outputs an image signal; a photometric device that receives the light passing through said taking lens and outputs luminance information; a control circuit that sets an exposure compensation value according to an output from said photometric device; wherein said control circuit acquires information on characteristics of said taking lens from said taking lens and sets a first exposure compensation value according to the acquired information on characteristics of said taking lens and the luminance information outputted from said photometric device, to cause said image pickup device to carry out a first storage of the light passing through said taking lens, based on the set first exposure compensation value, and sets a second exposure compensation value according to a result of the first storage, to cause said image pickup device to carry out a second storage of the light passing through said taking lens, based on the set second exposure compensation value.