Patent ID: 8731395

Claim:
A finder unit comprising: a transmission-type display section that displays information as overlaid on a subject image; and a display controller that, when an illuminating section illuminates the display section, changes a first display state to second display state, wherein in the first display state, a first region which is at least a part of an outer region of an effective image capturing range is displayed so that a transmission ratio of the subject image in the first region is lowered, and in the second display state, a second region which is a part of the outer region and is smaller in area than the first region is displayed so that a transmission ratio of the subject image in the second region is lowered, the display controller continues displaying a focus detection region regardless of whether the illuminating section is conducting illumination or not, and when the focus detection region transitions, (i) the display controller prohibits illumination by the illuminating section or (ii) the display controller sets the second display state regardless of whether the illuminating section is conducting illumination or not.