Patent ID: 7961228

Claim:
An imaging apparatus having an automatic exposure function, comprising: an imaging section which images a photographic subject, and which obtains image data according to the photographic subject; and a controller including: a backlight judging section which judges whether or not imaging conditions at the time of imaging by the imaging section are backlight conditions; a first exposure controlling section which performs a first exposure control in which a compensation for the backlight conditions is performed when the imaging conditions are judged to be the backlight conditions; a face detecting section which detects a face of a person based on the image data obtained by the imaging section and the first exposure controlling section; a light metering section which performs a light meter test on a face area of the detected face of the person as a light metering area; and a second exposure controlling section which performs a second exposure control in which an exposure-amount based on a result of the light meter test of the face of the person is calculated, and in which an exposure control for recording is performed based on the calculated exposure-amount, wherein when the imaging conditions at the time of imaging are judged to be backlight conditions by the backlight judging section, the face detecting section performs face detection on the image data obtained by the imaging section based on the image data obtained by performing the first exposure control for the backlight compensation by the first exposure controlling section.