Imaging Apparatus

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for a controller of an imaging apparatus which comprises an imaging unit to capture an image of a subject;

• a display unit on which the image is displayed;
• and an inclination detector to detect an inclination of the imaging apparatus, the program causing the controller to execute:
• determining an inclination of the imaging apparatus according to an output signal from the inclination detector;
• allowing the display unit to display an indicator to indicate the inclination on the image captured by the imaging unit based on a result of the detection of the inclination detector, the indicator comprising a plurality of indicator portions arranged with an equal interval in a predetermined critical direction;
• highlighting a pattern of the indicator portions, using one of the indicator portions located at a center to indicate that the imaging apparatus is in a horizontal state, when the inclination detected by the inclination detector is within a predetermined range of angles;
• and
• highlighting one of the indicator portions in accordance with a degree of the inclination to indicate that the imaging apparatus is in an inclined state when the inclination detected by the inclination detector is beyond the predetermined range of angles.

An inclination display method using an imaging apparatus which comprises an imaging unit to capture an image of a subject, a display unit on which the image is displayed, and an inclination detector to detect an inclination of the imaging apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

• determining an inclination of the imaging apparatus according to an output signal from the inclination detector;
• allowing the display unit to display an indicator to indicate the inclination on the image captured by the imaging unit based on a result of the detection of the inclination detector, the indicator comprising a plurality of indicator portions arranged with an equal interval in a predetermined critical direction;
• highlighting a pattern of the indicator portions, using an indicator portion located at a center to indicate that the imaging apparatus is in a horizontal state, when the inclination detected by the inclination detector is within a predetermined range of angles;
• and
• highlighting one of the indicator portions in accordance with a degree of the inclination to indicate that the imaging apparatus is in an inclined state, when the inclination detected by the inclination detector is beyond the predetermined range of angles.