Patent ID: 7230648

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus, comprising: an image sensing unit configured to sense an image of a subject; an image data conversion unit configured to convert the image of the subject from the image sensing unit to an angle-of-view confirmation image and configured to convert a focusing zone of the image of the subject from the image sensing unit to an in-focus confirmation image; a focusing zone image data conversion unit configured to convert the image of the subject from the image sensing unit to the in-focus confirmation image; a focusing zone storage device configured to store the in-focus confirmation image from the focusing zone image data conversion unit; a temporary storage device configured to store the angle-of-view confirmation image and the in-focus confirmation image from the image data conversion unit; a display unit configured to display one or both of the angle-of-view confirmation image and the in-focus confirmation image retrieved from the temporary storage; and a controller configured to control the display unit to display the one or both of the angle-of-view confirmation image and the in-focus confirmation image, wherein a magnification of the in-focus confirmation image is greater than a magnification of the angle-of-view confirmation image, and wherein the temporary storage device is configured to store the angle-of-view confirmation image from the image data conversion unit and to store the in-focus confirmation image from the focusing zone storage device.