Patent ID: 8400518

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit exposed to generate image data; a display unit displaying, as a through image, a moving image based on the image data generated by the imaging unit; a setting unit receiving setting of a user; a shutter adjusting an exposure time of the imaging unit according to a shutter speed; a determination unit determining the shutter speed according to setting related to exposure set by the user through the setting unit; and a controller controlling the imaging unit and the display unit, wherein the controller controls the imaging unit to be exposed for an exposure time corresponding to the shutter speed determined by the determination unit, and changes a frame rate of displaying, as the through image, the moving image on the display unit according to the determined shutter speed by switching a control in which a part of pieces of image data continuously generated by the imaging unit is displayed on the display unit and a control in which all pieces of image data continuously generated are displayed on the display unit.