Patent ID: 8393805
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: a shutter drive member which drives shutter blades; a shutter spring which urges said shutter drive member; a shutter charge unit adapted to charge said shutter spring, said shutter charge unit being switched between a fixed state in which a charge operation of said shutter spring is completed and said shutter drive member is fixed, and a released state in which the fixed state is released; a drive unit adapted to drive said shutter charge unit; a first determination unit adapted to determine whether or not the charge operation of said shutter spring is completed by driving of said shutter charge unit with said drive unit; a holding unit adapted to, when said shutter charge unit is switched to the released state, hold said shutter drive member with said shutter spring being charged; a mirror switched between a mirror-down state inserted in a shooting optical path and a mirror-up state retracted from the shooting optical path; a second determination unit adapted to determine whether or not said mirror is in a switching ready state in which said mirror can be switched from the mirror-down state to the mirror-up state; and a control unit adapted to, if said second determination unit determines that said mirror is in the switching ready state when said first determination unit determines that the charge operation of said shutter spring is completed, control said drive unit to drive said shutter charge unit to the released state without stopping said shutter charge unit in the fixed state.