IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, PROGRAM FOR REALIZING THE IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM WHICH STORES THE PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate cumbersomeness and to improve the photographer's convenience by inputting settings into an image pickup apparatus by the user.

SOLUTION: The image pickup apparatus includes a memory which stores information on a photographing frequency in association with object distance information and brightness information, an acquisition device which acquires an object brightness value on the basis of image information sensed by an image pickup device, and a control device which refers to the memory to detect an object distance having the highest photographing frequency among object distances corresponding to the acquired object brightness value, and controls image pickup operation on the basis of the detected object distance information.

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