Patent ID: 8077249

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit to pick up an image of a subject; a focusing unit to perform focusing on the subject included in an autofocus area in an imaging range of the imaging unit; a display unit to display an image obtained by picking up an image of the subject by the imaging unit; a display control unit to control the display unit to display an autofocus frame representing the autofocus area on the image; a position specification reception unit that is disposed to be superimposed on the display unit and receives user's position specification to the image displayed on the display unit; a record control unit to record the image on a recording medium in a state where focusing is achieved on the subject included in the autofocus area when the position specification reception unit receives the position specification in the autofocus frame displayed on the display unit; and an autofocus area setting unit to set the autofocus area in the imaging range, wherein the position specification reception unit receives position specification of the autofocus area in the imaging range by a first tap of the user on the position specification reception unit, the autofocus area setting unit sets the autofocus area at a position specified by the user's first tap on the position specification reception unit, the position specification reception unit receives the user's position specification to the image displayed on the display unit by a second tap of the user, with respect to the first tap of the user, on the position specification reception unit, and when a focusing process on the subject included in the autofocus area by the focusing unit is completed and a position specified by the second tap is in the autofocus frame displayed on the display unit, the record control unit records, on the recording medium, the image focused on the subject included in the autofocus area.