Patent ID: 7924322

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus, comprising: a calculation unit arranged to calculate an adjustment value for adjusting white balance, on the basis of an image obtained by capturing an object image; a storage unit arranged to store the adjustment value calculated by the calculation unit; and an adjustment unit arranged to adjust the white balance of the obtained image on the basis of the adjustment value calculated by the calculation unit, wherein if a focal length is a first focal length on a wide side, the calculation unit calculates a first adjustment value on the basis of a first image obtained by capturing the object image at the first focal length, to be stored in the storage unit and the adjustment unit adjusts the white balance of the first image on the basis of the calculated first adjustment value, and if the focal length is changed from the first focal length to a second focal length toward a telephoto side than the first focal length to obtain a second image by capturing the object image, then the adjustment unit adjusts the white balance of the obtained second image using the first adjustment value stored in the storage unit at the first focal length, in a case where all of the following three object conditions A to C are satisfied, A: a difference between a color temperature of an object at a timing of photographing at the first focal length and that at a timing of photographing at the second focal length is equal to or larger than a first predetermined value; B: a difference between brightness of the object at a timing of photographing at the first focal length and that at a timing of photographing at the second focal length is equal to or smaller than a second predetermined value; and C: a time difference between a timing of photographing at the first focal length and a timing of photographing at the second focal length is equal to or smaller that a third predetermined value.