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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2013
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Soichiro Shigeeda, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image capture apparatus capable of performing appropriate exposure control including determination of whether or not to fire an illuminating device for each frame shot during continuous shooting is provided. If shooting for recording was performed without firing the illuminating device during continuous shooting, a photometric value to be used to determine a control value (shooting parameter) used in subsequent shooting for recording is obtained based on image data obtained in the shooting for recording. On the other hand, if shooting for recording was performed while firing the illuminating device, the photometric value to be used to determine the control value to be used in subsequent shooting for recording is obtained based on image data obtained in shooting without firing the illuminating device that was performed after the shooting for recording and before the subsequent shooting for recording.


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