Patent ID: 8405718

Claim:
An image taking system including a lens apparatus and a camera configured to take an image using the lens apparatus, the image taking system further comprising a controller configured to provide: a distance calculator task that calculates an object distance from the lens apparatus in each of a plurality of ranging areas provided in an image taking range; a velocity calculator task that calculates an object velocity based on the object distance calculated by the distance calculator task in each of the plurality of ranging areas, the object velocity being a relative velocity between the lens apparatus and an object; an information generator task that generates object information indicating at least one of the object distance calculated by the distance calculator task, a difference between two object distances among a plurality of object distances calculated by the distance calculator task, the object velocity calculated by the velocity calculator task, or a difference between the object velocities; an extractor task that extracts a ranging area where the object velocity calculated by the velocity calculator task is in a first range out of the plurality of ranging areas, the first range including a state where the object velocity is zero; and an output image generator task that generates an output image including a shot image generated by the camera and the object information corresponding to the ranging area extracted by the extractor task.