Image pickup apparatus, image pickup apparatus control method, and program

摘要

Provided is an image pickup apparatus and method which achieve image pickup processing in which exposure time is set for each image area. The image pickup apparatus includes an electronic shutter control unit that controls exposure start time of an image pickup element by an electronic shutter operation and a mechanical shutter control unit that controls exposure end time of the image pickup element by a mechanical shutter operation. The electronic shutter control unit computes the exposure start time for each image area on the basis of the exposure time set for each image area and the operation time of the mechanical shutter for each image area, and controls the electronic shutter to operate at the computed exposure start time for each image area. For example, for each row block, the exposure time is subtracted from the mechanical shutter operation time so that a reset time as the exposure start time is computed as the electronic shutter operation time, and exposure time control for each image area is executed.