Patent ID: 8264573

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image to an image signal, and a zoom unit configured to optically zoom an optical image incident on the image sensor or electronically zoom an image signal output from the image sensor; a recording unit configured to record a video signal including an image signal captured by the imaging unit in a recording medium, and configured to record a recording frame rate, at which the video signal is recorded in the recording medium, and zoom operation information for the zoom unit in the recording medium; a zoom operation unit configured to operate the zoom unit; a control unit configured to control the recording frame rate at which the video signal is recorded in the recording medium based on an operation of the zoom operation unit, and configured to increase the recording frame rate to be higher than a normal frame rate during a period including a period when the zoom operation unit is operated; and a reproducing unit configured to reproduce the video signal from the recording medium based on a set reproduction mode, and configured to carry out thinning processing on the video signal during the period including the period when the zoom operation unit is operated based on the zoom operation information and reproduce the processed video signal at the normal frame rate.