Patent ID: 8736736

Claim:
An imaging apparatus including an imaging section to sequentially generate images by imaging a subject, the imaging apparatus comprising: a display section to display the images sequentially generated by the imaging section; an enlargement display control section to sequentially display parts of the images sequentially generated by the imaging section on the display section while enlarging the parts of the images sequentially generated by the imaging section by an enlargement factor, such that the enlarged parts are overlaid on a region of the images displayed on the display section; a detecting section to detect a shake quantity of the imaging apparatus; and an enlargement factor control section to change the enlargement factor at a time of enlargement of the parts of the images sequentially generated by the imaging section by the enlargement display control section to one of a plurality of different enlargement factors, based on a level of the shake quantity detected by the detecting section among a plurality of levels of shake quantity, while an enlargement factor of the images displayed on the display section is maintained.