Image processing apparatus, image capture apparatus, and method for controlling the same

An image capture apparatus, comprising:

• an imaging element which generates a captured image;
• and
• circuitry which
• combines a plurality of captured images by shooting an object to generate a combined image;
• and
• determines a pixel of interest on the captured images as a correction target pixel if a difference between a signal level of the pixel of interest and a value obtained from the signal level of peripheral pixels is greater than or equal to a threshold,
• wherein the circuitry performs the determination on the captured image prior to the combination by using a first threshold, and performs the determination with respect to the combined image by using a second threshold lower than the first threshold, and sets the second threshold with respect to the combined image lower the larger the number of the combined captured images is.

A control method of an image processing apparatus, comprising:

• combining a plurality of captured images to generate a combined image;
• and
• determining a pixel of interest on the captured images as a correction target pixel if a difference between a signal level of the pixel of interest and a value obtained from the signal level of the peripheral pixels is greater than or equal to a threshold,
• wherein the determination is performed with respect to the captured image prior to the combining by using a first threshold, and the determination is performed with respect to the combined image by using a second threshold lower than the first threshold, and the second threshold with respect to the combined image is set lower the larger the number of the combined captured images is.