Imaging apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium

A method comprising:

• detecting, as focus detection, a defocus amount based on a signal for focus detection processing;
• controlling a focusing lens movement based on the defocus amount;
• and
• determining, as saturation determination, whether a subject to be subjected to the focus detection processing is a saturated subject,
• wherein, in a case where a state where a variation in the detected defocus amount of an image of the subject to be subjected to the focus detection processing or a variation in a moving amount of an imaging plane is smaller than a predetermined value continuously occurs a predetermined number of times or continues for a predetermined time duration, the subject to be subjected to the focus detection processing is determined to be a saturated subject in the saturation determination.

A computer readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program of instructions for causing a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• detecting, as focus detection, a defocus amount based on a signal for focus detection processing;
• controlling a focusing lens movement based on the defocus amount;
• and
• determining, as saturation determination, whether a subject to be subjected to the focus detection processing is a saturated subject,
• wherein, in a case where a state where a variation in the detected defocus amount of an image of the subject to be subjected to the focus detection processing or a variation in a moving amount of an imaging plane is smaller than a predetermined value continuously occurs a predetermined number of times or continues for a predetermined time duration, the subject to be subjected to the focus detection processing is determined to be a saturated subject in the saturation determination.