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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Ryunosuke Iijima, Yokohama, JP;
Ryunosuke Iijima, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus that has an optical zooming unit and an electronic zooming unit includes a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the image pickup apparatus, and a controller configured to move the electronic zooming unit along with an operation of the optical zooming unit, and to move a telephoto end for control of the optical zooming unit toward a wide-angle side according to the temperature detected by the temperature detector. Along with control to move the telephoto end of the optical zooming unit to the wide-angle end, the controller sets smaller than a change rate of a zoom magnification of an electronic zooming unit in a first zoom region a change rate of a zoom magnification of an electronic zooming unit in a second zoom region that is adjacent with and closer to the telephoto end than the first zoom region.