Patent ID: 7418662

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display a menu including a plurality of items; a menu storage unit configured to store an item previously selected from the plurality of items included in the menu, wherein the display unit displays the menu in response to a menu display request so that the previously-selected item is displayed in a selected manner in the displayed menu; a first selection unit configured to select at least one of the plurality of items during menu display by the display unit; a second selection unit configured to select at least one of the plurality of items during menu display by the display unit, the second selection unit being different from the first selection unit; and a control unit configured to control the storage unit in such a manner that the storage unit stores the selected item, if the first selection unit selects at least one of the plurality of items, and the storage unit does not store the selected item, if the second selection unit selects at least one of the plurality of items.