Patent ID: 7720369

Claim:
An image taking apparatus which records an image captured by an image pickup device in a recording medium in response to an image recording instruction, the image taking apparatus comprising: a two-step stroke shutter button operable to half-pressing and full-pressing, wherein the half-pressing of the shutter button instructs the preparation for photographing, while the full-pressing of the shutter button instructs recording of an image; a zooming device; a zooming instruction device which instructs zooming by the zooming device in a telephoto direction or a wide angle direction; a mode setting device which sets a person photographing mode; a detection device which detects a size of a face of a person captured by the image pickup device in the person photographing mode; a control device which controls the zooming device in response to an instruction from the zooming instruction device; a control device which controls the zooming device in response to the first half-pressing of the shutter button such that the size of the face of the person captured by the image pickup device becomes a preset size based on the detection result of the detection device when in the person photographing mode; a control device which controls the zooming device in response to an instruction from the zooming instruction device when the zooming instruction device is operated after the half-pressing of the shutter button is released.