Patent ID: 7783180

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an image pickup lens; an imaging element having an imaging area for picking up an object image focused on the imaging area through the image pickup lens to output an image signal; a display monitor for displaying an image based on the image signal output from the imaging element; a zoom factor setting unit for setting a zoom factor of the image pickup lens; an instructing unit for giving an image-capturing instruction to obtain an image signal output from the imaging element; a shake detecting unit for detecting a shake amount of the imaging apparatus; a first shake compensation unit for moving the image pickup lens based on the shake amount detected by the shake detecting unit to compensate for a shake of the object image focused on the imaging area of the imaging element; a second shake compensation unit for moving the imaging element based on the shake amount detected by the shake detecting unit to compensate for a shake of the object image focused on the imaging area of the imaging element; and a control unit for (i) selectively controlling the first shake compensation unit or the second shake compensation unit, in accordance with the zoom factor of the image pickup lens set by the zoom factor setting unit, to operate to compensate for a shake of the object image, and (ii) controlling both the first shake compensation unit and the second shake compensation unit to operate to compensate for a shake of the object image regardless of the zoom factor set by the zoom factor setting unit, when the image-capturing instruction has been given by the instructing unit.