Patent ID: 8446517

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: subject detection means for detecting a subject in an image captured by an imaging unit; subject tracking auto focus (AF) mode execution means for setting a control mode of a lens driving control unit to a subject tracking AF mode, in which a focus follows the detected subject, when the subject is detected in the image; control means for setting the control mode of the lens driving control unit to a normal AF mode, in which focusing on a middle of the image is performed, on the basis of zooming operation information of a zooming operation through an operating unit in the subject tracking AF mode; and threshold value setting means for setting a threshold value regarding a zoom speed of the zooming operation, wherein the control means sets the control mode of the lens driving control unit to the normal AF mode on the basis of the zoom speed included in the zooming operation information and the threshold value regarding the zoom speed, and wherein the threshold value setting means sets the threshold value according to a zoom direction included in the zooming operation information.