Patent ID: 8154624

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: an optical zooming unit configured to provide an optical magnification variation; an electronic zooming unit configured to provide an electronic magnification variation; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the image pickup apparatus; and a controller configured to move the electronic zooming unit along with an operation of the optical zooming unit, and to move a telephoto end for control of the optical zooming unit toward a wide-angle side according to the temperature detected by the temperature detector, wherein along with control to move the telephoto end of the optical zooming unit toward the wide-angle side, the controller sets a change rate of a zoom magnification of the electronic zooming unit in a first zoom region that is closer to the telephoto-end than a zoom region in which the electronic zooming is not performed and the optical zooming is performed, wherein the change rate in a second zoom region is smaller than the change rate in a third zoom region, wherein the second zoom region is a zoom region of the telephoto side in the first zoom region, wherein the third zoom region is a zoom region of the wide side in the first zoom region and is a region other than the second region in the first region.