Image pickup apparatus

摘要

An image pickup apparatus includes a face area selecting unit configured to select at least a face area situated at a first object distance and a face area situated at a second object distance, and to select a face area occupying the smallest area in a picked-up image among two or more face areas in a case where the two or more face areas are situated at the first object distance or at the second object distance.

主权项

1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
a detecting unit configured to detect a predetermined area in a picked-up image; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information including at least information corresponding to object distances of a object corresponding to the detected area, and information corresponding to object sizes of the detected area; a selecting unit configured to select fewer areas than the detected areas on the basis of the information in a case where an assist function is set in manual focusing; and a display unit configured to effect enlarging display of the selected areas, wherein the selecting unit selects at least an area which is corresponding to a first object distance and an area which is corresponding to a second object distance from the detected areas, and wherein the selecting unit is configured to, if two or more detected areas are situated at the first object distance or if two or more detected areas are situated at the second object distance, select an area occupying the smallest area in the picked-up image among the two or more detected areas.