Patent ID: 8427556

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a lens information obtaining unit configured to obtain information on a photographing lens with a zoom function; an image pickup unit configured to photoelectrically convert an object image formed on an image pickup plane by the photographing lens to generate an image signal; a cropping area setting unit configured to set a size and a position of a cropping area; an object position storing unit configured to detect and store the object position in the image pickup plane on the basis of the image signal; a focal length storing unit configured to store a focal length of the photographing lens obtained by the lens information obtaining unit; a controller configured to control the lens information obtaining unit to allow the current focal length of the photographing lens to be obtained, wherein the controller controls setting of the position of the cropping area carried out by the cropping area setting unit on the basis of the focal length stored by the focal length storing unit, the current focal length and the object position stored in the object position storing unit; and a display unit configured to display the image data in accordance with the size and position of the cropping area which is set by the cropping area setting unit under control of the control unit.