Patent ID: 8126321

Claim:
Imaging equipment comprising: a position acquisition unit that acquires a current position; a memory unit in which a plurality of pieces of setting information representing photographic settings suitable for photography at positions and being associated in advance with the positions is stored; a control unit that reads setting information, which represents a photographic setting suitable for photography at the current position acquired by the position acquisition unit, from the memory unit, and determines a photographic setting according to the setting information; and an imaging unit that images a subject according to the photographic setting determined by the control unit, wherein: an associated position and set values defining a photographic setting suitable for photography at the position are specified in each of the pieces of setting information; based on the current position acquired by the position acquisition unit and the position specified in the setting information, the control unit retrieves setting information, which represents a photographic setting suitable for photography at the current position, from among the pieces of setting information stored in the memory unit, and determines a photographic setting on the basis of the set values specified in the setting information obtained as a result of the retrieval; the control unit allows the position acquisition unit to acquire a current position at intervals of a predetermined time, and retrieves setting information, which represents a photographic setting suitable for photography at the current position, from among the pieces of setting information, which are stored in the memory unit, on the basis of the current position and the position specified in the setting information at intervals of the predetermined time; if setting information representing a photographic setting suitable for photography at the current position is obtained as a result of the retrieval, the control unit prompts a user to perform photography at the current position; a degree of recommendation of an associated position is specified in each of the pieces of setting information, in which the degree of recommendation is expressed with a numeral; and if setting information representing a photographic setting suitable for photography at a current position is obtained as a result of retrieval, the control unit decides based on the degree of recommendation specified in the setting information whether a user is prompted to perform photography at the current position.