Patent ID: 7889246

Claim:
A photographing apparatus comprising: an operation unit that has a range setter that is used for setting an upper limited value of a range of a sensitivity of an imaging sensor and a lower limited value of said range in a first sensitivity setting state where said sensitivity is calculated on the basis of a luminance value obtained in a photometric operation; a controller that sets said upper limited value and said lower limited value corresponding to an operation of said range setter; and a display that displays an indication of said upper limited value and said lower limited value that are set by said controller, wherein said operation unit comprises an operation key that is used for switching between said first sensitivity setting state and a second sensitivity setting state, where said sensitivity is set regardless of said luminance value, said operation key comprises a first key and a second key; when said first key is operated in said first sensitivity setting state, said first sensitivity setting state is changed to said second sensitivity setting state under a condition where a value of said upper limited value is set as said sensitivity in said second sensitivity setting state; and when said second key is operated in said first sensitivity setting state, said first sensitivity setting state is changed to said second sensitivity setting state under a condition where a value of said lower limited value is set as said sensitivity in said second sensitivity setting state; and said operation key is used for setting said sensitivity in said second sensitivity setting state.