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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to image a subject, a photometry unit, an exposure compensation unit, an exposure control unit configured to control exposure for a captured image and a display control unit configured to control display of the captured image on a display unit. The photometry unit is configured to perform photometry, based the imaging unit's output, to obtain an exposure value. The exposure compensation unit is configured to compensate the obtained exposure value to an exposure value that would be used for exposure control, if photometry of the photometry unit is not fixed. The exposure control unit is configured to allow exposure control at an exposure value within wider range than a range of available exposure values of the cases where photometry of the photometry unit was not fixed, if photometry of the photometry unit is fixed.