Patent ID: 8379137

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in matrix form and configured to output an electrical signal by performing a photoelectric conversion of an object image; and a control unit configured to control to read a first electrical signal at a first timing from the pixels in a focus adjustment region of the imaging unit and perform a focus adjustment processing on the basis of the read first electrical signal, and control to perform an electronic zooming processing by reading a second electrical signal at a second timing which is different from the first timing from the pixels in an electric zooming region of the imaging unit after performing the focus adjustment processing, wherein the control unit can set a plurality of focus adjustment regions of the imaging unit, and controls so that a reading start pixel position of the first electrical signal from a minimum focus adjustment region of the plurality of focus adjustment regions of the imaging unit, and a reading start pixel position of the second electrical signal from the electronic zooming region of the imaging unit, to be the same, wherein the control unit controls so as not to set inside of the minimum focus adjustment region as the reading start pixel position of the second electrical signal.