Patent ID: 8463119
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus that is possible to shoot with a light emitting unit emitting a light, the light emitting unit unchanging a color temperature of the emitted light to an arbitrary color temperature, the apparatus comprising: a color temperature information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a color temperature of a light illuminating a subject; and an emission control unit configured to control emission of the light emitting unit, wherein said emission control unit determines emission light amount of the light emitting unit based on a color temperature difference between the color temperature of the emitted light of the light emitting unit and a color temperature of the light illuminating the subject in a case where the light emitting unit does not emit the light, based on the information acquired by said color temperature information acquisition unit, wherein said emission control unit controls the light emitting unit to emit the light of the determined emission light amount.