Image capturing device and image capturing method

An image capturing method for capturing an image in an image capturing device that includes:

• an image capturing unit that captures a subject image through a lens and converts the subject image into an electric signal;
• an image displaying unit that displays an image based on the electric signal from the image capturing unit;
• a designation accepting unit
• that is provided on a display surface of the image displaying unit and
• that accepts designation of a plurality of positions on the image displayed on the image displaying unit;
• and
• a range-finding unit that performs range finding of a distance to a subject by using a plurality of two-dimensional image sensors, the image capturing method comprising:
• causing a control unit that controls the image capturing device to perform:
• setting, as an area setting unit, a range-finding area obtained from a range finding result that is output from the range-finding unit for a region that includes the plurality of positions designated through the designation accepting unit;
• determining, as a position determining unit, a plurality of in-focus positions based on distances of the range-finding areas set by the area setting unit;
• and
• performing, as a continuous shooting unit, image capturing at the plurality of in-focus positions determined by the position determining unit.