Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof

Abstract

Recording of an unnecessary widespread image will be prevented. The first camera and the second camera capture a parallax image. In a setting mode, each of these camera is zoomed to a focal length for general view at which the whole of the measurement object can be captured, and captures a widespread image for displaying a through image. After having set a focal length and a capturing targeted part for capturing the parallax image in the setting mode, when capturing of the parallax image is instructed, an image of the capturing targeted part of the widespread image for displaying the through image is examined so as to judge the necessity or not of recording of the widespread image. When it is judged that recording of the widespread image is necessary, a still image of the widespread image is captured with use of the first camera and then each camera is zoomed to a focal length for measurement and captures the parallax image. The widespread image on which a guidance frame showing a range of the parallax image is composed is recorded with the parallax image.

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