Patent ID: 8447180

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an image sensor; a display unit configured to display an image acquired by the image sensor; a flash unit; a flash charging unit configured to charge the flash unit; an operation member configured to set a live view display mode and/or to set a self-timer photographing mode; and a control unit configured (a) to perform a live view display of the image when the live view display mode is set (b) to perform photographing of the image after a self-timer setting time elapses when the self-timer photographing mode is set, (c) to inhibit the live view display from being performed during counting of the self-timer setting time when the live view display mode and the self-timer photographing mode are set, (d) to calculate a flash charging time for charging the flash unit, and (e) to compare the flash charging time and the self-timer setting time when the live view display mode and the self-timer photographing mode are set, wherein, if the self-timer setting time is longer than the flash charging time, the flash charging unit does not start charging before starting to count the self-timer setting time and starts charging the flash after starting to count the self-timer setting time.