Patent ID: 7945152

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus comprising: a face position detection unit that detects a position at which a face of a person exists from a captured image; a setting unit that sets a focus detection area for detecting a focus state of a focus lens; a focus adjustment unit that performs a focus adjustment by moving the focus lens based on an output signal in the focus detection area; a display unit that displays the captured image; and a display control unit that controls said display unit to display an in-focus display on said display unit at a position at which the face of the person exists, regardless of whether the focus adjustment is performed based on the in-focus position of the focus lens which is obtained by said focus adjustment unit using the output signal in a first focus detection area at which the face of the person exists or based on the in-focus position of the focus lens which is obtained by said focus adjustment unit using the output signal in a second focus detection area in which it is estimated based on a position and a size of the face of the person that the person's body is present, wherein the second focus detection area is an area in which it is estimated based on an orientation of the apparatus that the person's body is present.