Patent ID: 7689108

Claim:
An imaging apparatus, comprising: an imaging element which opto-electrically converts an image formed by an optical system and outputs an imaging signal; a shake detection unit which detects a shake of the apparatus and outputs a shake detection signal; a shake correction unit which performs camera shake correction by changing relative positions of the imaging element and the optical system based on the shake detection signal from the shake detection unit; a shake correction necessity determining unit which determines whether the shake correction should be performed by the shake correction unit; and a control unit which processes an imaging signal read out from a predefined first specific area of the imaging element when the shake correction necessity determining unit determines that the shake correction is to be performed, and which processes an imaging signal read out from a second specific area of the imaging element that is larger than the first specific area and that includes the first specific area when the shake correction necessity determining unit determines that the shake correction is not to be performed.