Patent ID: 7027095

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: (A) an image sensing unit that senses an object image; and (B) an exposure controller that performs exposure control for photographing by selectively using a first exposure control mode in which an exposure value for photographing is determined while exposure control is performed in accordance with the brightness of object images repetitively sensed by said image sensing unit, and a second exposure control mode in which an exposure value for photographing is determined by performing exposure control by using a plurality of preset exposure values, wherein on the basis of whether an exposure correction value obtained in the first exposure control mode is smaller than a predetermined value, said exposure controller determines whether to perform the exposure control for photographing by using the exposure value determined in the first exposure control mode or by using the exposure value determined in the second exposure control mode, wherein if the exposure correction value obtained in the first exposure control mode is smaller than the predetermined value, said exposure controller performs the exposure control for photographing by using the exposure value determined in the first exposure control mode, and, if the exposure correction value obtained in the first exposure control mode is larger than the predetermined value, said exposure controller performs the exposure control for photographing by using the exposure value determined in the second exposure control mode.