Patent ID: 8462254

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus having a flash device comprising: a display unit configured to display a setting item screen for displaying setting items regarding a photographic condition of a corresponding function, and a setting value screen configured to display setting values regarding the setting item selected on the setting item screen, the display unit being configured to display information indicating which of the setting item selected on the setting item screen is currently selected; an operation unit configured to select one of the setting items on the setting item screen and to select one of the setting values on the setting value screen, one of the setting values regarding the setting item selected being selectable upon selection of one of the setting items by the operation unit; and a control unit configured to set the photographic condition according to the setting value selected on the setting value screen, wherein the selected setting item is an item for changing a light-control correction value of the flash device or a value indicating a fixed amount of light emission from the flash device, wherein in a case where an operating state of the flash device is changed from an active state in which a function corresponding to the selected setting item is active to a non-active state in which the function corresponding to the selected setting item is non-active, the display unit continuously displays information indicating that the selected setting item is currently selected even when the function corresponding to the selected setting item is non-active, and the setting value regarding the selected setting item remains unchanged.