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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image pickup apparatus including a plurality of image capturing modes which is changeable by a user operation of a first operation member. In a first mode, an exposure control value is to be chosen and set to a fixed value by the user, and others are set to settable automatic exposure control values by the image pickup apparatus without the user's operation. In a second mode, the plurality of exposure control values are all to be set to the automatic values. In a third mode, the plurality of exposure control values are settable to a combination of the automatic value and fixed value settable in the first and the second mode by user via a second operation member, without changing the image capturing mode.