A mobile terminal (100, 200), comprising: a memory (170, 370); a display unit (151, 351); a sensing unit sensing a housing orientation (910, 1010, 1810, 1910) of the mobile terminal (100, 200); a first camera (221, 321) configured to obtain a first image (610, 700, 1310) corresponding to a preview image currently displayed on the display unit (151, 351); a second camera (222, 322) configured to detect an object from the preview image obtained by the first camera and obtain a second image for the detected object; and a controller (180, 380) configured to: control the second camera (222, 322) to obtain the second image in response to a signal for the first camera (221, 321) to obtain the first image (610, 700), control the obtained first or second image (610, 700, 1310; 800) to be displayed on the display unit (151, 351) in response to the housing orientation (910, 1010, 1810, 1910) of the mobile terminal (100, 200) sensed through the sensing unit, wherein the housing orientation (910, 1010, 1810, 1910) of the mobile terminal (100, 200) comprises a first direction (910, 1810) in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal (100, 200) corresponds to landscape or a second direction (1010, 1910) in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal (100, 200) corresponds to portrait, display, if receiving a zoom-in signal for the preview image (610, 700, 1310) before receiving the signal for obtaining the first image (610, 700, 1310), an indicator on a prescribed region of the zoomed-in preview image, and control the indicator to display a rate occupied by a partial region of the object included in the preview image after zoom-in among the whole region of the object detected before the zoom-in by the second camera (222, 322). a memory (170, 370); a display unit (151, 351); a sensing unit sensing a housing orientation (910, 1010, 1810, 1910) of the mobile terminal (100, 200); a first camera (221, 321) configured to obtain a first image (610, 700, 1310) corresponding to a preview image currently displayed on the display unit (151, 351); a second camera (222, 322) configured to detect an object from the preview image obtained by the first camera and obtain a second image for the detected object; and a controller (180, 380) configured to: control the second camera (222, 322) to obtain the second image in response to a signal for the first camera (221, 321) to obtain the first image (610, 700), control the obtained first or second image (610, 700, 1310; 800) to be displayed on the display unit (151, 351) in response to the housing orientation (910, 1010, 1810, 1910) of the mobile terminal (100, 200) sensed through the sensing unit, wherein the housing orientation (910, 1010, 1810, 1910) of the mobile terminal (100, 200) comprises a first direction (910, 1810) in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal (100, 200) corresponds to landscape or a second direction (1010, 1910) in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal (100, 200) corresponds to portrait, display, if receiving a zoom-in signal for the preview image (610, 700, 1310) before receiving the signal for obtaining the first image (610, 700, 1310), an indicator on a prescribed region of the zoomed-in preview image, and control the indicator to display a rate occupied by a partial region of the object included in the preview image after zoom-in among the whole region of the object detected before the zoom-in by the second camera (222, 322). control the second camera (222, 322) to obtain the second image in response to a signal for the first camera (221, 321) to obtain the first image (610, 700), control the obtained first or second image (610, 700, 1310; 800) to be displayed on the display unit (151, 351) in response to the housing orientation (910, 1010, 1810, 1910) of the mobile terminal (100, 200) sensed through the sensing unit, wherein the housing orientation (910, 1010, 1810, 1910) of the mobile terminal (100, 200) comprises a first direction (910, 1810) in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal (100, 200) corresponds to landscape or a second direction (1010, 1910) in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal (100, 200) corresponds to portrait, display, if receiving a zoom-in signal for the preview image (610, 700, 1310) before receiving the signal for obtaining the first image (610, 700, 1310), an indicator on a prescribed region of the zoomed-in preview image, and control the indicator to display a rate occupied by a partial region of the object included in the preview image after zoom-in among the whole region of the object detected before the zoom-in by the second camera (222, 322).