Patent ID: 7936988

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to obtain image data by photoelectric conversion of object light that is incident thereon through an imaging optical system; a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the image data; a switch configured to receive a focusing instruction issued to the imaging optical system; a focusing unit configured to adjust a focusing state of the imaging optical system based on the image data, a determination unit configured to determine, based on an imaging condition, whether focusing based on the continuous focusing operation is appropriate, wherein when the focusing unit performs a continuous focusing operation in response to the focusing instruction received by the switch, the display control unit causes the display unit to provide a display indicating that the focusing unit is in a continuous focusing operation state, wherein when the focusing unit does not perform the continuous focusing operation, the display control unit causes the display unit to provide a display indicating a focusing state determined by a focusing operation performed in response to an instruction received by the switch, which differs from the display indicating that the focusing unit is in the continuous focusing operation state, wherein the focusing unit performs focusing based on the continuous focusing operation when a result of determination by the determination unit is that focusing based on the continuous focusing operation is appropriate.