Patent ID: 7738784

Claim:
An image capture device comprising: an image capture unit configured to capture an image of an object and to output image data; an exposure value setting unit configured to execute an automatic-exposure process for setting an appropriate exposure value; a shutter button configured to be half pressable, fully pressable, and pressable at one stroke; a first determining unit configured to determine whether or not the shutter button is half pressed; a second determining unit configured to determine whether or not the shutter button is pressed at one stroke; a first automatic-exposure controller configured to cause the exposure value setting unit to execute a first automatic-exposure process including aperture control when the first determining unit determines that the shutter button is half pressed; an automatic-exposure stop controller configured to cause the exposure value setting unit to stop the first automatic-exposure process when the second determining unit determines that the shutter button is pressed at one stroke; and a second automatic-exposure controller configured to cause the exposure value setting unit to execute a second automatic-exposure process inhibiting the aperture control, after the first automatic-exposure process is stopped by the automatic-exposure stop controller.