Patent ID: 7834907

Claim:
An image taking apparatus capable of taking a fisheye image in accordance with a first projection method, the image taking apparatus comprising: an image taking element that photoelectrically converts the fisheye image; a conversion processing section that converts a portion of an area of the fisheye image acquired with the image taking element to a converted image in accordance with a second projection method, which is different from the first projection method, to reduce fisheye distortion; and a vibration detection section that acquires information about vibration of the image taking apparatus, wherein the conversion processing section first selects the portion of the fisheye image independently of an amount of the vibration detected by the vibration detection section and then changes the size of the selected portion of the fisheye image based on the amount of the vibration detected by the vibration detection section to create the converted image, wherein the fisheye image has a larger image taking magnification ratio at a central area thereof than that at an edge area thereof, and wherein the converted image has a substantially equal image taking magnification ratio between the central area thereof and the edge area thereof.