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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Hada, Mitaka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises: a reception unit configured to receive information of a zoom position of the lens unit; a setting unit configured to set a predetermined range on the basis of information of a first zoom position; a control unit configured to, when the control unit detects that the zoom position of the lens unit has been changed from the first zoom position to a second zoom position, cause driving of the focus lens to stop, and, when the control unit detects that the zoom position of the lens unit has changed from the second zoom position to within the predetermined range on a telephoto side, resuming driving of the focus lens, wherein the predetermined range is set to include the first zoom position on the telephoto side from the second zoom position.