Patent ID: 8488006

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to capture an image comprising an object and its background; a motion detection unit configured to detect information about motion of the object and the background of the image based on image data acquired by the imaging unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the imaging apparatus is being used to take a panning shot; and an exposure control unit configured to execute exposure control such that, when the determination unit determines that the imaging apparatus is not being used to take a panning shot and the amount of motion of an object is not less than a predetermined value, the exposure control unit executes a first exposure control to suppress the motion of the object in the image, based on a result detected by the motion detection unit, and when the determining unit determines that the imaging apparatus is being used to take a panning shot, the exposure control unit executes a second exposure control different to the first exposure control, wherein the exposure control unit does not set an exposure control value of main exposure in the second exposure control, based on a result detected by the motion detection unit.