Patent ID: 8023030

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus, comprising: a photographing-condition setting unit configured to set a photographing condition in response to an operation of a first operation member; a display configured to display the photographing condition set by the photographing-condition setting unit; a first display controller configured to control whether to display the photographing condition on the display in accordance with an operation of a second operation member; an eye detector configured to detect whether a user is looking through a finder; a second display controller configured to control whether to display the photographing condition on the display in accordance with an output from the eye detector; and a control unit configured to control the photographing-condition setting unit such that, while the first display controller controls the display to not display the photographing condition, the photographing condition setting unit does not set the photographing condition in response to the operation of the first operation member, and while the second display controller controls the display to not display the photographing condition, the photographing condition setting unit sets the photographing condition in response to the operation of the first operation member without the display displaying the photographing condition.