Patent ID: 7835636

Claim:
A camera apparatus comprising: a focus lens; an auto focus controller configured to control the focus lens to move to a focal position; a moving distance acquiring unit configured to acquire a moving distance of a main body of the camera apparatus after the focus lens is moved to the focal position by the auto focus controller; a focus correction unit configured to correct a position of the focus lens based on the moving distance acquired by the moving distance acquiring unit; a subject distance acquiring unit configured to acquire a subject distance when the focus lens is moved to the focal position by the auto focus controller; a distance storage unit configured to store the subject distance acquired by the subject distance acquiring unit; and a distance calculator configured to calculate an appropriate subject distance based on the subject distance stored in the distance storage unit and the moving distance acquired by the moving distance acquiring unit, wherein the focus correction unit corrects the position of the focus lens based on the appropriate subject distance calculated by the distance calculator.