Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and imaging program

An imaging method using an imager that performs imaging of a subject through an imaging optical system including a focus lens capable of changing a position of a principal point in a range between a first position and a second position in a direction of an optical axis, the imaging method comprising

• an imaging control step of continuously performing a plurality of imaging control operations for causing the imager to perform imaging of the subject through the imaging optical system in a state where the principal point of the focus lens is set at each of a plurality of imaging positions which are set in a movement range as at least a partial range of the range,
• wherein in the imaging control step, distances between the plurality of imaging positions are made to be narrower and a larger number of the plurality of imaging positions is set in an imaging control operation performed later in time series among the plurality of imaging control operations.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an imaging program causing a computer to execute an imaging method using an imager that performs imaging of a subject through an imaging optical system including a focus lens capable of changing a position of a principal point in a range between a first position and a second position in a direction of an optical axis,

• wherein the imaging method includes an imaging control step of continuously performing a plurality of imaging control operations for causing the imager to perform imaging of the subject through the imaging optical system in a state where the principal point of the focus lens is set at each of a plurality of imaging positions which are set in a movement range as at least a partial range of the range, and
• wherein in the imaging control step, distances between the plurality of imaging positions are made to be narrower and a larger number of the plurality of imaging positions is set in an imaging control operation performed later in time series among the plurality of imaging control operations.