Patent ID: 6859619

Claim:
A multipoint autofocus camera providing a plurality of focus-measuring points from which a focus-measuring point is selectable, said multipoint autofocus camera comprising: a viewfinder configured to visually indicate each of said plurality of focus-measuring points on a picture plane by illumination light emitted from a light source; a focal length detector for detecting a focal length of a photographing lens; a light source driver for selectively driving said light source corresponding to said plurality of focus-measuring points; and a focus-measuring-point controller for controlling an operation of said light source driver to change the number of said plurality of focus-measuring points indicated in said viewfinder such that the number of said plurality of focus-measuring points indicated increases when said focal length detected by said focal length detector decreases and such that the number of said plurality of focus-measuring points indicated decreases when said focal length detected by said focal length detector increases, said controller further controlling said plurality of focus-measuring points indicated in said viewfinder such that a distance between adjacent focus-measuring points.