Patent ID: 8743262

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to enable a user to set an aperture amount of a lens unit controlled by a stepping motor including a rotor, an accumulated time of an image capturing unit for receiving light from an object image passed through the lens unit, and a gain amount of a signal from the image capturing unit, as control values; a display unit configured to display the control values; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a control signal for controlling an aperture of the lens unit according to an aperture value, wherein, when the aperture value set by the user is related to a first aperture value, the display unit displays a value based on the first aperture value and the calculation unit calculates a signal corresponding to the first aperture value, wherein, when the aperture value set by the user is related to a second aperture value, the display unit displays a value based on the second aperture value and the calculation unit calculates a signal corresponding to a third aperture value by changing either the gain amount or the accumulated time, the third aperture value being different from the second aperture value, wherein the first and the third aperture values pertain to a first position, in which the rotor does not rotate if the energization to the stepping motor is cut off, and wherein the second aperture value pertains to a second position, in which the rotor does rotate if the energization to the stepping motor is cut off.