Patent ID: 8514300

Claim:
An imaging apparatus including a driving portion configured to move an optical system for acquiring an image of an object, the imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to acquire an image signal by capturing the acquired image; a sound collecting unit configured to acquire an audio signal by collecting ambient sound; an adjustment unit configured to adjust a level of the audio signal by giving a gain according to the level of the audio signal to the audio signal and to output the adjusted audio signal; a driving unit configured to drive the driving portion; and a control unit configured to control the adjustment unit according to whether the driving unit is driving the driving portion, wherein the control unit controls gain given by the adjustment unit when the driving unit is not driving the driving portion higher than gain given by the adjustment unit when the driving unit is driving the driving portion, so that a difference between the gain given when the driving unit is driving the driving portion and gain given when the driving unit is not driving the driving portion larger as the level of the audio signal is lower.