Patent ID: 8269859

Claim:
A photographing apparatus comprising: a distortion correction unit configured to perform distortion correction on a captured image by performing image processing; a digital zoom unit configured to perform digital zoom on the captured image by performing image processing; a control unit configured to control the photographing apparatus to perform one of the distortion correction by the distortion correction unit and the digital zoom by the digital zoom unit; and a lens optical system having a variable focal length; wherein: if the captured image is to be further magnified when the focal length of the lens optical system reaches a tele-end, then the control unit controls to perform the digital zoom by the digital zoom unit and not to perform the distortion correction by the distortion correction unit; and the distortion correction unit makes the amount of the distortion correction approach zero as the focal length of the lens optical system gets closer to the tele-end if the digital zoom by the digital zoom unit is approved and does not make the amount of the distortion correction approach zero if the digital zoom by the digital zoom unit is not approved.