Imaging device and associated methodology of setting adjustable aspect ratios

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• an imaging unit for imaging an object and outputting a picture within an imaging range;
• an extraction range setting unit for setting a still picture extraction range with a first aspect ratio within the imaging range and a moving picture extraction range with a second aspect ratio different from the first aspect ratio within the imaging range for each imaging mode, and when the imaging mode is a person imaging mode, in order to give the moving picture extraction range the second aspect ratio, sets the moving picture extraction range to a range into which the imaging range is cropped at the top and bottom, and, in order to give the still picture extraction range the first aspect ratio, sets the still picture extraction range to a range into which the imaging range is cropped at the top and bottom so that the top and bottom edges of the still picture extraction range will be matched to those of the moving picture extraction range and also to a range into which the imaging range is cropped at the left and right edges;
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• an image processing unit for extracting from the picture within the imaging range a picture within the still picture extraction range set by the extraction range setting unit as a still picture, and extracting from the picture within the imaging range a picture within the moving picture extraction range set by the extraction range setting unit as a moving picture,
• wherein the imaging range has the first aspect ratio, and wherein the second aspect ratio is horizontally longer than the first aspect ratio.