Image pickup apparatus, method of controlling image pickup apparatus, image pickup apparatus system, and image pickup control program stored in storage medium of image pickup apparatus

A method of controlling an image pickup apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining an image signal by an image pickup section operating in accordance with an image pickup parameter;
• displaying the image signal output from the image pickup section, by a display section;
• changing the image pickup parameter in accordance with a manual user rotational operation of a rotational operation member;
• and
• displaying, on the display section, a ring shaped icon that is associated with the image pickup parameter and visually indicates an effect of a change to the image pickup parameter in accordance with the manual user rotational operation of the rotational operation member.

An image pickup control program stored in a storage medium of an image pickup apparatus, comprising the following controls of:

• obtaining an image signal by an image pickup section operating in accordance with an image pickup parameter;
• displaying the image signal output from the image pickup section, by a display section;
• changing the image pickup parameter in accordance with a manual user rotational operation of a rotational operation member;
• and
• displaying, on the display section, a ring shaped icon that is associated with the image pickup parameter and visually indicates an effect of a change to the image pickup parameter in accordance with the manual user rotational operation of the rotational operation member.

An apparatus comprising:

• an image pickup system including an image pickup optical system and an image pickup device, and operating in accordance with an image pickup parameter;
• a user operation section receiving manual user rotational input;
• a controller that changes the image pickup parameter responsive to the manual user rotational input received by the user operation section;
• a display control section that generates a ring shaped icon that is associated with the image pickup parameter, and visually indicates the changes to the image pickup parameter by the controller responsive to the manual user rotational input received by the user operation section;
• and
• a display section displaying the ring shaped icon superimposed on an image derived from signals output by the image pickup device.