Patent ID: 7433586

Claim:
A camera apparatus comprising: focus area setting means for setting a focus area on an image of an object to be picked up; auto-focus performing means for performing an auto-focus operation based on image information in the focus area set by the focus area setting means; operational mode selecting means for selecting one of a plurality of different operational modes that have respective different focusable distances from the camera apparatus to the object, wherein the plurality of different operational modes include a normal mode and a macro mode; first focus area control means for causing the focus area setting means to set a first area as the focus area when the operational mode selected by the operational mode selecting means is the normal mode; first display control means for displaying on a display a first focus frame corresponding in position and size to the first area such that the first focus frame is superimposed on the object image; second focus area control means for causing the focus area setting means to set a second area narrower than the first area as the focus area when the operational mode selected by the operational mode selecting means is the macro mode; and second display control means for displaying on the display a second focus frame corresponding in position and size to the second area such that the second focus frame is superimposed on the object image; wherein the operational mode selecting means comprises means for selecting another one of said operational modes when the auto-focus performing means fails in performing the auto-focus operation; and wherein the auto-focus performing means performs the auto-focus operation in a focus search range corresponding to the selected operational mode.