Patent ID: 7450155

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus with an optical system composed of optical members for forming an image of a subject, the image capturing apparatus comprising: an optical zoom unit capable of changing an angle of view by movement of at least one optical member of the optical system; an image capturing element for carrying out photoelectric exchange for the image of the subject formed by the optical system and thereby obtaining a captured image; a recording unit for extracting an effective image from the captured image and recording the effective image; an electronic zoom unit capable of changing an angle of view of the effective image by changing an area in which the effective image is extracted from the captured image; a shake detection unit for detecting an amount of shake of the image capturing apparatus; a mechanical camera-shake correction unit for moving at least one of the optical members of the optical system and the image capturing element on basis of the amount of shake detected by the shake detection unit and thereby correcting camera shake; an electronic camera-shake correction unit for shifting a position where the effective image is extracted from the captured image and thereby correcting camera shake; and a control unit for controlling the image capturing apparatus; wherein the control unit adjusts the angle of view by optical zooming and records the effective image while carrying out camera-shake correction with use of the mechanical camera-shake correction unit until a magnification of the optical zoom unit for the captured image is maximized, and the control unit adjusts the angle of view by electronic zooming and records the effective image while carrying out camera-shake correction with use of the electronic camera-shake correction unit after until the magnification of the optical zoom unit for the captured image is maximized.