Patent ID: 8466969

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit that generates an image signal of a picked up image by performing photoelectric conversion for an optical image formed by an imaging optical system, said imaging optical system having an optical axis; a shake detecting unit that detects a rotation shake about the optical axis; a correction amount setting unit that sets a shake correction angle based on the rotation shake detected by the shake detecting unit; and a correction processing unit that performs (i) correction of distortion aberration generated by the imaging optical system for the picked up image to obtain a corrected image having a bobbin shape, (ii) rotation of an extraction area within the corrected image in accordance with the shake correction angle after obtaining the corrected image with the bobbin shape, and (iii) extraction of an image of the extraction area after rotation of the extraction area, in which the bobbin shape has four corners which are drawn outward from a center of a corresponding image before correction of distortion aberration is performed such that an area of the bobbin shape is larger in all directions as compared to an area of the corresponding image before correction of distortion aberration is performed.