Patent ID: 8848082

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus including a viewfinder, a display, and at least one microphone, the image capturing apparatus comprising: a switching unit configured to switch a display mode for displaying an image on the viewfinder and a display mode for displaying an image on the display; a setting unit configured to set, in response to the display mode for displaying an image on the viewfinder being set, an input level of the at least one microphone to V 1 for capturing sounds uttered from a user by estimating that the user's mouth is located at a position close to the at least one microphone, and to set, in response to the display mode for displaying an image on the display being set, the input level of the at least one microphone to V 2 for capturing sounds uttered from the user by estimating that the user's mouth is located at a position a little apart from the at least one microphone; and an input unit configured to input by speech a control command based on the set input level, wherein a value of V 2 is larger than a value of V 1 .