Patent ID: 7995109

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: imaging means for performing, as an image capturing operation, a process of obtaining captured image data of a subject and saving the captured image data; position detecting means for detecting current position information; and control means for updating activity history information on the basis of the position information obtained by the position detecting means and, when performing image capturing control as an automatic image capturing process not based on a shutter operation performed by a user, setting an image capturing operation setting on the basis of the current position information detected by the position detecting means and the activity history information, and causing the imaging means to perform an image capturing operation based on the image capturing operation setting; wherein, when a place determined from the current position information detected by the position detecting means is determined to be a place that has not been previously visited a predetermined number of times or more, the control means sets a dominant setting as the image capturing operation setting, and, when the place determined from the current position information detected by the position detecting means is determined to be a place that has been previously visited the predetermined number of times or more, the control means sets a non-dominant setting as the image capturing operation setting.