Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Koji Sudo

Seiji Ogawa

Eiji Yoshino

Yohei Fujitani

Junichi Maniwa

Nobukazu Yoshida

Chiyumi Niwa

Hiroyuki Ogino

Yasuyuki Ogawa

Shin Murakami

Takashi Yoshimi

An image pickup apparatus which enhances usability in shooting in a case where a user sets an initial lens position. A system control unit starts shifting a zoom position of a taking lens in response to start of a zooming operation in which the zoom position is changed, and stops shifting the zoom position in response to termination of the zooming operation. When the zoom position reaches a predetermined zoom position, which is inside an optical zoom range and is neither an optical wide-angle end nor an optical telephoto end, while the zoom position is being shifted in a first direction in response to a first zooming operation for shifting the zoom position in the first direction, the system control unit provides control to fix the zoom position at the predetermined zoom position even when the first zooming operation has not been terminated.

Apparatus that performs zooming operation, control method therefor, and storage medium

An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a shutter button with which to give an image capturing instruction, a specific operation member, a reception unit configured to receive a line-of-sight input that is an input of a position based on a line of sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a case where a predetermined operation on the specific operation member is not performed while a specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, a specified position is not moved based on the line-of-sight input in a case where a line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input moves, and in a case where the predetermined operation on the specific operation member is performed while the specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, the specified position is moved based on the line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input.

Imaging apparatus that, under certain conditions, displays one or both of an autofocus frame and a line-of-sight pointer, and method for controlling the same

Imaging apparatus that, during an operation of a shutter button, updates a specified position based on a line-of-sight position at a timing desired by a user, and method for controlling the same

An image capturing apparatus comprises a light emitting unit which provides, by light emission, a notification of an operation status of a self-timer when performing self-timer shooting; a mode setting unit which sets one of a plurality of operation modes; and a control unit which controls the light emitting unit to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self-timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a first operation mode, and controls the light emitting unit not to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a second operation mode.

Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof

An electronic apparatus includes a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch on a display unit, an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the electronic apparatus, a display control unit configured to perform control so that a display position of a display item displayed on the display unit is changed if a predetermined change of the orientation of the electronic apparatus is detected by the orientation detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, if the predetermined change of the orientation of the electronic apparatus occurs, processing based on a touch operation of a touch that has been detected by the touch detection unit since before the predetermined change occurs is not performed.

Electronic apparatus and a method for controlling the same

An image capturing apparatus includes a mode switching unit which, in response to an instruction from a user, switches an operation mode of the apparatus, a display control unit which controls such that a reproduced image is displayed in a reproduction mode, and a control unit controls such that, when a reproduced image is displayed in the reproduction mode, in response to accepting a specific instruction, based on attribute information of the reproduced image being displayed, at least a part of settings from shooting settings for when the reproduced image was shot are set in the apparatus, switching from a reproduction mode to a shooting mode is performed, and a live view image in which the part of settings are reflected is displayed.

Image capturing apparatus capable of automatically switching from reproduction mode to shooting mode and displaying live view image and control method thereof

An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a control unit, and a notification unit. The control unit controls the image capturing unit so that a first shooting operation and a second shooting operation are sequentially performed at an interval not smaller than a predetermined time period. The notification unit issues a notification constantly during the predetermined time period of the interval.

Image capturing apparatus and method for controlling the same

A lens control apparatus having a zoom lens includes first and second operation members that give a zoom instruction for moving the zoom lens, and a controller that changes a zoom stop position to a first pattern according to the operation of the first operation member, and changes the zoom stop position to a second pattern, which has an interval wider than that in the first pattern, according to the operation of the second operation member.

Zoom lens barrel

An image capturing apparatus comprises a first image capturing unit configured to shoot an object side, a second image capturing unit configured to shoot a photographer side, a detection unit configured to detect an object from image data shot by the second image capturing unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether the object detected by the detection unit is a predetermined object, and a control unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the detected object is the predetermined object, control to prioritize setting of shooting parameters of the second image capturing unit over that of the first image capturing unit.

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Machida, Japan

Koji Sudo