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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an optical image formed by an image pickup optical system, and a controlling unit configured to, in tilt imaging that changes a tilt angle, set a focal plane to any position such that an angle between the focal plane and the optical axis is changed, by controlling at least one of a position of a focus lens in the image pickup optical system and the tilt angle. The controlling unit controls the at least one so as not to set the focal plane to a first position corresponding to a position of a first target object that is an imaging target, but to set the focal plane to a second position that is different from the first position and at which the position of the first target object is included in a depth of field.