Patent ID: 7742247

Claim:
A lens control apparatus for controlling a lens apparatus that comprises a shooting optical system including: a zoom lens group adapted to continuously change a focal length of the shooting optical system; and an extender adapted to convert the focal length of the shooting optical system at a magnification and to be able to change the magnification for conversion, the lens control apparatus comprising: a shot control section adapted to preliminarily store data including an intended position of the zoom lens group as a shot, and to move the zoom lens group to the position stored as the shot when a shot reproduction operation of instructing a shot reproduction is performed, wherein the data stored as the shot further includes an intended set state of the extender, and when the shot reproduction operation is performed, the shot control section moves the zoom lens group to the position stored as the shot and sets the extender in the set state stored as the shot, the shooting optical system further includes a focus lens group adapted to adjust a focus position of the shooting optical system, and the data stored as the shot further includes an intended position of the focus lens group, and when the shot reproduction operation is performed, the shot controls section moves the zoom lens group and the focus lens group to the respective positions stores as the shot.