Patent ID: 8098292

Claim:
An image capture apparatus comprising: an image capturing section for capturing a moving image and a still image via a common lens; a display section for displaying the moving image captured by the image capturing section as a through image; a capturing mode switching section for switching an image capturing mode between a moving image capturing mode in which moving image data representing the moving image captured by the image capturing section is stored and a still image capturing mode in which still image data representing the still image captured by the image capturing section is stored; a first retaining section for retaining field angle information from just before a time at which the image capturing mode is switched from the moving image capturing mode to the still image capturing mode by the capturing mode switching section; a second retaining section for retaining the moving image data captured by the image capturing section just before the time at which the image capturing mode is switched from the moving image capturing mode to the still image capturing mode by the capturing mode switching section; a field angle control section for controlling a field angle of the image capturing section to be a field angle represented by the field angle information retained by the first retaining section when the still image capturing mode is switched to the moving image capturing mode by the capturing mode switching section; an image generating section for generating a framing image based on the moving image data retained by the second retaining section when the still image capturing mode is switched to the moving image capturing mode by the capturing mode switching section; and a first display control section for displaying the framing image generated by the image generating section and the through image in a superimposed manner when the still image capturing mode is switched to the moving image capturing mode by the capturing mode switching section.