Image photographing apparatus and method of controlling the same

Abstract

An image photographing apparatus to adjust gain and directivity of a signal input via a microphone according to the position of a subject, and a method of controlling the same. The image photographing apparatus includes a face recognition unit to detect a face of a subject, a control unit to calculate a distance between the subject and the image photographing apparatus according to zoom ratio information of the image photographing apparatus and the size of the face and to calculate a position angle of the subject according to the zoom ratio information of the image photographing apparatus and a position coordinate of the subject, and an audio processing unit to adjust gain of a signal input via a microphone according to the distance between the image photographing apparatus and the subject and to adjust directivity of the signal input via the microphone according to the position angle of the subject.

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