| 摘要 |
<p>PURPOSE: An imaging apparatus, an imaging method and a program are provided to stabilize photographing without an operation error due to differences between individuals by a simple operation system in which the user can intuitively grasp the position of an AF area. CONSTITUTION: An imaging apparatus(10) includes a control unit(1) to control the whole operation of the imaging apparatus, an operation input unit(3) to receive an input operation of a user to the imaging apparatus, a storage unit(4) including a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory, and a display unit(5) including an LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) or the like. The control unit reads and executes a control program(2) stored in the storage unit, and functions as, for example, a mode setting unit(2a), an AF area setting unit(2b), an AE area setting unit(2c), a display control unit(2d) and a main control unit(2e). The control unit sets a mode of the imaging apparatus by the mode setting unit. In more detail, the mode includes, for example, an AF mode such as a multi AF mode or a spot AF mode, and an AE mode such as a multi AE mode or a spot AE mode. The mode setting unit may set such a mode based on the user input to the operation input unit or may automatically set according to an imaging condition. Here, the multi AF mode is a mode in which AF control is performed on plural areas or points in a picked-up image, and is sometimes called a multi-area AF or a multi-point AF. In such a multi AF mode, as compared with the spot AF mode, a multi AF area is set in a relatively wide area in a screen(100) of the display unit, and focusing is automatically performed with reference to the wide multi AF area. The multi AF frame is set in an AF detectable frame representing a maximum area where AF detection can be performed in the screen.</p> |
