Patent ID: 7532235

Claim:
A photographic apparatus comprising: a posture detecting device which detects the posture of a body of the photographic apparatus wherein the posture is related to an inclination angle of body of the photographic apparatus as a first posture, a store instructing device which instructs storing of a first posture detected by said posture detecting device wherein a first inclination angle of the body of the photographic apparatus is stored, a posture storing device for storing a secondary posture detected by said posture detecting device as a second inclination angle of the body of the photographic apparatus in accordance with an instruction from said store instructing device, a discrepancy extent computing device which compares the first posture stored by said posture storing device and the secondary posture detected by said posture detecting device, and computes the extent of any discrepancy between the first posture and the secondary posture; and a correction information generating device for generating correction information for correcting the secondary posture to the first posture previously stored by said posture storing device based on the extent of the discrepancy computed by said discrepancy extent computing device.