Patent ID: 8102433

Claim:
An image-capturing apparatus comprising: an image-capturing element configured to receive object light and generate image signals representing an object image; a display unit; a phase-difference detector configured to receive the object light using a range-finding sensor and generate a phase-difference detection signal; first focus detection means for performing focus detection on the basis of the phase-difference detection signal; display control means for displaying a preview image before actual image capturing on the display unit on the basis of the image signals that are sequentially generated by the image-capturing element; and setting means for setting whether or not an area display mode in which an area in which focus detection is possible on an image-capturing plane is combined with the preview image and displayed on the display unit should be enabled, wherein, when the area display mode has been enabled, the display control means allows only a first area in which focus detection is performed using the range-finding sensor to be displayed on the display unit, and when the area display mode has not been enabled, the display control means does not allow the first area to be displayed on the display unit.