Control device capable of remotely controlling external device by performing communication, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Abstract

A control device, configured to be connected to and control a plurality of image capturing apparatuses, includes: a transmission device, one or more memories, and one or more processors. The one or more memories and the one or more processors are configured to select, for each of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, a focus function to be used for the image capturing apparatus between an autofocus function and a manual focus function, control the transmission device to transmit a first image capturing instruction to all of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses in response to a first operation from a user, instruct, along with transmission of the first image capturing instruction, all image capturing apparatuses that receive the first image capturing instruction to use either the autofocus function or the manual focus function, and set, in advance, priority between the selected focus function and the instructed focus function.