Imaging apparatus

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• an image sensor configured to capture an image of a subject to generate image data;
• an audio input device configured to receive an audio signal indicating sound to be collected during image capturing with the image sensor;
• a detector configured to detect a subject region which corresponds to the subject in the image data;
• a controller configured to control a sound collection area where a sound from the subject is collected for the audio signal;
• wherein when the detector detects a plurality of subject regions:
• in a case where a size of one subject region among the plurality of subject regions is within a predetermined range defined by a size of a particular subject region as a reference, the controller determines that a subject corresponding to the one subject region is the sound collection target;
• and
• in a case where the size of the one subject region is not within the predetermined range, the controller determines that the subject corresponding to the one subject region is not the sound collection target.

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• an image sensor configured to capture an image of a subject to generate image data;
• an audio input device configured to receive an audio signal indicating sound to be collected during image capturing with the image sensor;
• a detector configured to detect a subject region which corresponds to the subject in the image data;
• a controller configured to control a sound collection area where a sound from the subject is collected for the audio signal;
• wherein the controller
• determines a subject as a sound collection target for the audio signal, according to a size of a subject region detected by the detector, and
• controls the sound collection area so as to include the subject determined as the sound collection target by selecting, as the sound collection area to collect a sound from the subject, a predetermined area from a plurality of predetermined areas with the predetermined area including the subject determined as the sound collection target.