Patent ID: 8525919

Claim:
An image-pickup apparatus comprising: a controller configured to automatically select and perform one of a first focus control and a second focus control, the first focus control being performed by a method in which a phase difference of a pair of images formed by a luminous flux from an image-pickup optical system is acquired and then an in-focus position of a focus lens is acquired on the basis of the phase difference, and the second focus control being performed by a method in which a focus evaluation value signal is generated from a video signal generated by using an image-pickup element and then an in-focus position of the focus lens is acquired on the basis of the focus evaluation value signal, wherein the controller drives the focus lens to the in-focus position acquired by the first focus control, and then drives the focus lens to the in-focus position acquired by the second focus control when the focus lens is located at a position near the in-focus position; and an information output device configured to output, to a user, information indicating that the first focus control is being performed, wherein, during a sequence of focus controls in which the focus lens is moved by the first focus control and then moved by the second focus control, the information output device outputs the information after the focus lens is moved to the position near the in-focus position by detecting the in-focus position by the first focus control, and does not output the information while the focus lens is being moved by the second focus control, and wherein the information output device determines whether the image-pickup apparatus is in a recording state or a non-recording state after the focus lens is moved to the position near the in-focus position by the first focus control, and outputs the information when the image-pickup apparatus is in the non-recording state.