Photographing device equipped with geomagnetic sensor

Abstract

Disclosed is a photographing device including a geomagnetic sensor which detects an intensity of geomagnetism, an image capture unit which captures an image, a lens tube including a part that exerts magnetic influence on the geomagnetic sensor, in which a position of the part shifts, a detection unit which detects a current shifted position of the part in the lens tube, an obtaining unit which obtains a magnetic field that exerts magnetic influence on the geomagnetic sensor from the lens tube corresponding to the current shifter position detected by the detection unit, and an orientation calculation unit which calculates an orientation by correcting an output of the geomagnetic sensor based on the magnetic field obtained by the obtaining unit.

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