Image pickup apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKentaro Kogure
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus aims to control an illuminating part so as to obtain an image of good visibility irrespectively of a state of a zooming operation under dark environment. The image pickup apparatus has an image pickup part including a zoom lens, and a lens driving part configured to drive the zoom lens in an optical axis direction. The image pickup apparatus is capable of performing shooting by using an illuminating part configured to irradiate a subject with light. The image pickup apparatus comprises a control unit configured to control a dimming speed of the illuminating part according to drive information of the zoom lens.
Claims20
An image pickup apparatus having an image pickup part including a zoom lens, and a lens driving part configured to drive the zoom lens in an optical axis direction, and being capable of performing shooting by using an illuminating part configured to irradiate a subject with light, the image pickup apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor or circuit programmed to function as:
- a control unit configured to control a dimming speed of the illuminating part according to drive information of the zoom lens.
A control method for an image pickup apparatus having an image pickup part including a zoom lens, and a lens driving part configured to drive the zoom lens in an optical axis direction, and being capable of performing shooting by using an illuminating part configured to irradiate a subject with light, the control method comprising:
- controlling a dimming speed of the illuminating part according to drive information of the zoom lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.