Patent ID: 7884879

Claim:
An image sensing apparatus comprising: a detection unit to detect an object that satisfies a certain preset condition from image data obtained by image sensing with an image sensing element; a first photometry unit to carry out photometry on said image data as a whole and acquire an overall photometric value as a photometric result; a second photometry unit to carry out photometry on an area of an object detected by said detection unit and acquire an object photometric value as a photometric result; a determination unit to compare said overall photometric value and said object photometric value, determine an exposure value that makes said overall photometric value approach a first target value in a case where said overall photometric value is higher than said object photometric value, and determine an exposure value that makes said object photometric value approach a second target value in a case where said object photometric value is higher than said overall photometric value; and an exposure control unit to control exposure during image sensing based on the exposure value determined by said determination unit.