Imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• an imaging unit configured to capture a through image;
• a display type setting unit configured to set any one of a plurality of display types including a display type dedicated to a multiple-exposure imaging mode as a display type for an information display to be displayed together with the through image captured by the imaging unit;
• a mode setting unit configured to set the multiple-exposure imaging mode;
• and
• a control unit configured to perform a control, when the multiple-exposure imaging mode having been set by the mode setting unit is deselected, so as to change the display type to other display type if the display type is the display type dedicated to the multiple-exposure imaging mode, and hold the display type if the display type is not the display type dedicated to the multiple-exposure imaging mode,
• wherein the control unit is configured to change the display type to a predetermined display type when the multiple-exposure imaging mode having been set by the mode setting unit is deselected if the display type immediately before the multiple-exposure imaging mode having been set by the mode setting unit is deselected is the display type dedicated to the multiple-exposure imaging mode, and if the display type has ever been changed to a display type different from the display type dedicated to the multiple-exposure imaging mode before the multiple-exposure imaging mode having been set by the mode setting unit is deselected.

A method for controlling an imaging apparatus that includes an imaging unit, the method comprising:

• setting any one of a plurality of display types as a display type for an information display to be displayed together with a through image captured by the imaging unit;
• setting a multiple-exposure imaging mode;
• and
• performing a control, when the multiple-exposure imaging mode is set and an image to be multiple-composited with the through image can be acquired, so as to change the display type to a display type dedicated to the multiple-exposure imaging mode for displaying at least one of the number of multiple-exposure image capturing scheduled images, the number of multiple-exposure image capturing completed images, the number of images remaining to reach the number of multiple-exposure image capturing scheduled images, and an icon indicating that the multiple-exposure imaging mode is set,
• wherein performing a control, when the multiple-exposure imaging mode is set and an image to be multiple-composited with the through image has not been acquired, so as not to change the display type to the display type dedicated to the multiple-exposure imaging mode.

A method for controlling an imaging apparatus that includes an imaging unit, the method comprising:

• setting any one of a plurality of display types including a display type dedicated to a multiple-exposure imaging mode as a display type for an information display to be displayed together with a through image captured by the imaging unit;
• setting the multiple-exposure imaging mode;
• and
• performing a control, when the multiple-exposure imaging mode is deselected, so as to change the display type to other display type if the display type is the display type dedicated to the multiple-exposure imaging mode, and hold the display type if the display type is not the display type dedicated to the multiple-exposure imaging mode,
• wherein changing the display type to a predetermined display type when the multiple-exposure imaging mode having been set is deselected if the display type immediately before the multiple-exposure imaging mode having been set is deselected is the display type dedicated to the multiple-exposure imaging mode, and if the display type has ever been changed to a display type different from the display type dedicated to the multiple-exposure imaging mode before the multiple-exposure imaging mode having been set is deselected.

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• an imaging unit configured to capture a through image;
• a display changing unit configured to change a display item to be displayed together with the through image captured by the imaging unit;
• a mode setting unit configured to set a mode in a multiple-exposure imaging mode;
• and
• a controlling unit configured to perform a control so that a display item displayed together with the thorough image is to be a predetermined item for multiple-exposure imaging in response to the setting made by the mode setting unit,
• wherein, in a case where an image to be multiple-composited with the through image is not acquired, even if the multiple-exposure imaging mode is set by the mode setting unit, the controlling unit doesn't perform the control to display the predetermined display item for multiple-exposure imaging but performs the control to display the predetermined display item for multiple-exposure imaging together with the thorough image in a case where an image to be multiple-composited with the through image is acquired.

A method of controlling an imaging apparatus comprising an imaging unit configured to capture a through image, the method comprising steps of:

• displaying a display item together with the thorough image captured by an imaging unit on a display unit;
• setting a mode to a multiple-exposure imaging mode;
• and
• controlling a predetermined display item to be displayed together with the thorough image for the multiple-exposure imaging in response to the setting step;
• wherein in the controlling step, even if it is set to the multiple-exposure imaging mode, the mode is set to the multiple-exposure imaging mode without displaying the predetermined display item for the multiple-exposure imaging when an image to be multiple-composited with the thorough image has not been acquired, and when an image which is to be multiple-composited with the thorough image has been acquired, the predetermined display item for the multiple-exposure imaging is displayed together with the thorough image.