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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Hada, Mitaka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus is capable of preventing unintended shooting setting when a through-image is displayed at a zoom position different from a field angle for reach shooting. The imaging apparatus includes a recording control unit configured to record a zoom position taken before a start of a function for temporarily changing the zoom position as a first position, a zoom control unit configured to perform control to move the zoom position from the first position to a second position when the function is started, and from the second position to the first position when the function is ended, and a control unit configured to perform control, when the zoom position is at the second position by the function, not to make any changes according to an instruction for changing specific shooting setting.