Patent ID: 8917335

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit which captures image data of an object; a magnification setting unit which sets a zoom magnification; a zoom image data generating unit which generates first item of image data and second items of image data from the captured image, wherein the first item of image data corresponds to the set zoom magnification, and the second items of image data correspond to different zoom magnifications; a display control unit displays on a display unit a through image based on the first item of the image data on a first area, and displays a plurality of through images based on the second items of the image data on second areas, wherein a display screen of the display unit being divided into the first area and the second areas which are smaller than the first area; an instruction unit which instructs to execute image capturing; a recording control unit which records image data corresponding to the set zoom magnification to a storing medium when the instruction unit instructs to execute image capturing; and a selection unit which selects a zoom magnification by selecting one of the through images displayed on the second areas, wherein the magnification setting unit sets the zoom magnification selected by the selection unit.