Patent ID: 8284264

Claim:
An imaging apparatus, comprising: an imaging means for obtaining an image by imaging; a recording means for recording the image; a face detecting means for determining whether faces are included within a center area of the image; an operation means for accepting various setting operations, including setting of a continuous imaging mode, performed by a photographer, and accepting input of the number of persons included in the image; and a control means for controlling the imaging means and the recording means when the continuous imaging mode is set through the operation means so that the following are performed: obtaining images by continuous imaging; and recording images among the images obtained by the continuous imaging, in which the face detection means determines that faces are included, in the recording means; the face detecting means setting the center area of the image to be greater as the number of persons included in the image set through the operation means increases, and determining that the faces are included in the image in cases that the centers of faces corresponding to the number of persons are positioned within the center area.