A mobile terminal , comprising: a memory ; a display unit ; a sensing unit sensing a housing orientation of the mobile terminal ; a first camera configured to obtain a first image corresponding to a preview image currently displayed on the display unit ; a second camera 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 configured to: control the second camera to obtain the second image in response to a signal for the first camera to obtain the first image , control the obtained first or second image (610, 700, 1310; 800) to be displayed on the display unit in response to the housing orientation of the mobile terminal sensed through the sensing unit , wherein the housing orientation of the mobile terminal comprises a first direction in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal corresponds to landscape or a second direction in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal corresponds to portrait, display, if receiving a zoom-in signal for the preview image before receiving the signal for obtaining the first image , 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 . a memory ; a display unit ; a sensing unit sensing a housing orientation of the mobile terminal ; a first camera configured to obtain a first image corresponding to a preview image currently displayed on the display unit ; a second camera 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 configured to: control the second camera to obtain the second image in response to a signal for the first camera to obtain the first image , control the obtained first or second image (610, 700, 1310; 800) to be displayed on the display unit in response to the housing orientation of the mobile terminal sensed through the sensing unit , wherein the housing orientation of the mobile terminal comprises a first direction in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal corresponds to landscape or a second direction in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal corresponds to portrait, display, if receiving a zoom-in signal for the preview image before receiving the signal for obtaining the first image , 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 . control the second camera to obtain the second image in response to a signal for the first camera to obtain the first image , control the obtained first or second image (610, 700, 1310; 800) to be displayed on the display unit in response to the housing orientation of the mobile terminal sensed through the sensing unit , wherein the housing orientation of the mobile terminal comprises a first direction in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal corresponds to landscape or a second direction in which the housing orientation of the mobile terminal corresponds to portrait, display, if receiving a zoom-in signal for the preview image before receiving the signal for obtaining the first image , 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 . <EOS>