Patent ID: 8363146

Claim:
An image-taking apparatus comprising: an image-taking section which sequentially performs photographing and sequentially outputs an image-taking signal representing a photographed image obtained by photographing; and an image output section which receives the image-taking signal and sequentially generates and outputs an output image from the photographed image sequentially obtained, wherein the image output section comprises a recognition section which recognizes, based on the image-taking signal, a specific subject included in the photographed image, wherein the image output section is configured to be capable of executing change reduction processing for reducing, based on a result of the recognition by the recognition section, change in a dimension of the specific subject in the output image due to change in a distance in an actual space between the specific subject and the image-taking section, and wherein the image output section compares a predetermined reference dimension and a dimension of the specific subject in the photographed image and determines based on a result of the comparison whether or not to execute the change reduction processing, and wherein, if the dimension of the specific subject is larger than an upper limit dimension determined as the reference dimension, the image output section prohibits the execution of the change reduction processing or, if the dimension of the specific subject is smaller than a lower limit dimension determined as the reference dimension, the image output section prohibits the execution of the change reduction processing.