Patent ID: 9225966
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit which generates a plane image including a subject by imaging the subject in a specific direction or a stereoscopic image for stereoscopically viewing the subject; and circuitry which (i) detects whether an adapter, which includes an omnidirectional imaging optical system imaging the subject in all directions, is mounted on the imaging unit, (ii) sets, based on a user operation, an omnidirectional image capture mode of recording the plane image including the subject in all directions in a state where the adapter is mounted on the imaging unit or a stereoscopic image capture mode of recording the stereoscopic image, and (iii) performs control to cancel the stereoscopic image capture mode and set the omnidirectional image capture mode in a case where the stereoscopic image capture mode is set when the mounting of the adapter is detected, wherein the circuitry performs control to invalidate a setting operation of setting the stereoscopic image capture mode when the setting operation is executed as the user operation in the state where the mounting of the adapter is detected.