Patent ID: 7684691

Claim:
An image capture apparatus comprising: a photometry unit, which determines a luminance value in each of a plurality of photometry areas in an image sensing scene; a photometry mode determination unit, which determines a photometry mode of said image capture apparatus; a filter operation unit, which performs an operation on the luminance value of a photometry area by taking into account luminance values of photometry areas around the photometry area, thereby obtaining a processed luminance value; and an exposure value determination unit, which determines an exposure value by using the luminance value determined by said photometry unit and not subjected to the operation of said filter operation unit, as the luminance value in each of the plurality of photometry areas, when said photometry mode determination unit determines that the photometry mode is a first photometry mode, and when said photometry mode determination unit determines that the photometry mode is a second photometry mode, said exposure value determination unit determines the exposure value by using the processed luminance value determined by said filter operation unit, as the luminance value in each of the plurality of photometry areas.