Patent ID: 8284273

Claim:
An imager comprising: an image capturer that captures a subject image and outputs an image signal; a display that displays a through image consisting of multiple images continuously displayed; a view angle controller that controls a view angle of an image so that a ratio of an area of a subject to an area of an image is maintained at a certain value when said display displays the through image; and said view angle controller comprises a lens system and a zoom optical system that is provided in said lens system, and controls a view angle of an image with the zoom optical system when a subject is in a certain area that is intersected by the optical axis of the zoom optical system, said view angle controller further comprises a cutout zoom part that widens or narrows a partial image that is cut from an image output by said image capturer so that said view angle controller controls a view angle of an image, and controls a view angle of an image with the cutout zoom part when a subject is not in the certain area that is intersected by the optical axis of the zoom optical system, wherein whether or not the certain area is intersected by the optical axis of the zoom optical system is determined based on whether or not a center of the image capturer is within the certain area.