Patent ID: 8310564

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to capture an image; a display unit configured to display the captured image; a control unit having two display modes in a zoom state where a part of an imaging area is clipped and recorded; a detection unit configured to detect an object on a screen; and a calculation unit configured to calculate an object size of the detected object; and a control unit configured to switch a first display mode and a second display mode where a part of an imaging area is clipped and recorded, wherein in the first display mode, a clipped recording area is displayed on the display unit, and in the second display mode, an area wider than the clipped recording area is displayed on the display unit, and the control unit is configured to switch to the first display mode when the calculated object size is smaller than a predetermined object size and switch to the second display mode when the calculated object size is equal to or greater than the predetermined object size.