Patent ID: 8243187

Claim:
A photographing apparatus comprising: an in-focus position detector for detecting an in-focus position of a focusing lens to realize an in-focus status of an image of a subject on an image pickup surface; a driving controller for controlling the driving of the focusing lens; a reflective member which opens and closes and is disposed on a path of a light that is irradiated onto the image pickup surface; and an optical measuring unit for measuring a brightness of the light of the subject image that is reflected by the reflective member in a closed state when a preliminary light emission operation is performed with respect to the subject before performing a main exposure operation, wherein, in the preliminary light emission operation, the driving controller drives the focusing lens to a position nearer the subject than the in-focus position of the focusing lens or to a position nearer the image pickup surface than the in-focus position of the focusing lens, after determining the in-focus position, such that the subject image realizes an in-focus status on at least one of a surface of the reflecting member, and the optical measuring unit.