Patent ID: 7940306

Claim:
A camera configured to display a moving image, in which subject image signals are repeatedly acquired by an image pickup device to display the moving image in a display device in response to the subject image signals, the camera comprising: a setting portion configured to switch a mode where the moving image is displayed and a mode where the moving image is not displayed and to set the mode switched to; a first focusing portion which performs a contrast AF operation of acquiring a contrast signal from the subject image signal to move a photographing lens to a position where a value of the contrast signal is maximized: a second focusing portion which performs a phase-difference AF operation of detecting a defocus amount of the photographing lens to guide the photographing lens to a focusing position based on the defocus amount; a blur correcting portion including a vibration sensor which detects vibration applied to the camera and a shift mechanism which moves the image pickup device based on an output of the vibration sensor in a plane crossing an optical axis. at right angle so as to reduce image blur generated by the vibration; and a control portion which operates the first focusing portion in response to an operation of half pressing a release button in the mode where the moving image is displayed and which operates the second focusing portion in response to the operation of half pressing the release button in the mode where the moving image is not displayed, the control portion starts the blur correcting portion in conjunction with the operation of the first focusing portion in the mode where the moving image is displayed.