Camera with focus detecting device

摘要

A focus detecting device having focus detecting means for repeating focus detection in a plurality of focus detecting areas, characterized by setting means for setting a specific range with reference to a focus detecting area corresponding to a previous in-focus point of the plurality of focus detecting areas, and in that when the focus detecting means executes focus detection for the second and subsequent times, the focus detecting means executes focus detection in only the focus detecting areas included in the specific range set by the setting means.