Patent ID: 7453506

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: an image capturing unit that photoelectrically captures an image of a subject including a face portion of the subject to obtain image data of the subject; a display unit that displays an image of the subject based on the image data obtained by the image capturing unit; a face portion detecting unit that detects face portion of the subject from the image data captured by the image capturing unit; face portion selecting means that selects a face portion detected by the face portion detecting unit as a main subject to which attention is to be paid; a control unit that controls the display unit to display a face image of the face portion selected by the face portion selecting means, in enlargement; and a tracking processing unit that tracks the face portion, which is selected by the face portion selecting means, on the display unit, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display the face image of the face portion of the subject, which is selected by the face portion selecting means and tracked by the tracking processing unit, in enlargement according to an instruction for enlarged display, and wherein in a condition that plural face portions are detected from the image data, plural face portions are selected by the face portion selecting means, and the enlarged display of the face images is instructed, the control unit divides a display screen of the display unit into plural areas and controls the display unit to display plural face images in enlargement in the plural areas, individually.