Patent ID: 6888567
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic photographing apparatus comprising: a photographing optical system which photographs an object; a data processing section which converts an optical image of the object photographed by the photographing optical system into digital image data, and records the converted image data therein; a display section which displays the image data obtained by the data processing section; a specification section which specifies a plurality of selected, non-contiguous regions in an image displayed at the display section for joined processing of autofocusing; an external operating member capable of externally operating a state of the electronic photographing apparatus; and a control section which controls an operation concerning photographing by th electronic photographing apparatus based on information specified by the specification section including the plurality of selected, non-contiguous regions jointly processed in an operation made by the external operating member; the control section making the display section display so as to distinguish a region which can be appropriately processed and a region which cannot be appropriately processed out of the non-contiguous regions specified by the specification section, and the control section being capable of releasing a region selected by the specification section when the selected region cannot be appropriately processed with the non-contiguous regions specified by the specification section.