Patent ID: 8692909

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup element which performs photoelectric conversion on an object image formed by an image pickup system so as to generate a captured image; first restoration image generation means configured to generate a first restoration image by restoring an input image using a first image restoration filter obtained in accordance with a transfer function of an image pickup system which obtains an object image as the input image; difference information obtaining means configured to obtain information on a difference between the input image and the first restoration image; and adjusted restoration image generation means configured to generate an adjusted restoration image by synthesizing the input image with the difference information in accordance with an adjusting coefficient, wherein the first image restoration filter is a filter which performs restoration such that a difference between absolute values of transfer functions in two azimuthal directions obtained when a restoration image is obtained from an object becomes smaller than a difference between absolute values of transfer functions of the two azimuthal directions of the image pickup system.