Patent ID: 7400825

Claim:
An imaging apparatus for generating still picture data by receiving an optical signal of a subject, the imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging element that generates a still picture by exposure to the optical signal of the subject; a plurality of imaging lenses that collect the optical signal of the subject and focus an image on the imaging element; a correction lens that is movable on a plane vertical to an optical axis of the imaging lenses to correct image blurring formed on the imaging element; a measuring section that measures shake of the imaging apparatus; an instruction section that instructs a start of recording a still picture generated by the imaging element; an image processor that processes the image by receiving the still picture transferred from the imaging element; and a lens controller that selectively performs a center stop control and a lens correction control, the center stop control for controlling a position of the correction lens to stop the correction lens at an optical axis center position which is a position of the correction lens at which the optical axis of the imaging lenses coincides with an optical axis of the correction lens, and the lens correction control for controlling the position of the correction lens to correct blurring of the image formed on the imaging element based on a measuring result of the measuring section, wherein the lens controller performs the center stop control until receiving an instruction to start recording from the instruction section, and performs the lens correction control after a start of exposure to the imaging element, and wherein the lens controller returns the correction lens to the optical axis center position before a completion of transfer of a still picture from the imaging element to the image processor after completion of the exposure to the imaging element, and then performs the center stop control on the correction lens.