Patent ID: 8861950

Claim:
An imaging apparatus that has a plurality of focus detection areas and a plurality of light metering areas, comprising: a defocus amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a defocus amount of each focus detection area; a light metering unit configured to acquire a light metering value of each light metering area; and a determination unit configured to determine a weighting coefficient for each light metering area; wherein the determination unit determines the weighting coefficient for a second light metering area corresponding to a focus detection area at which a second defocus amount having an absolute value larger than an absolute value of a first defocus amount is acquired relatively smaller than the weighting coefficient for a first light metering area corresponding to a focus detection area at which a first defocus amount is acquired, and changes a difference between the weighting coefficient for the first light metering area and the weighting coefficient for the second light metering area based on a plurality of defocus amounts including the defocus amount of the focus detection area not corresponding to the first light metering area and the second light metering area, the plurality of defocus amounts being acquired by the defocus amount acquisition unit.