Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and computer program product

An image pickup apparatus comprising:

• an image pickup unit configured to generate picked-up image data by an image pickup process;
• a camera shake detection unit configured to detect an angular velocity gnereated by camera shake when shooting;
• an electronic image stabilization unit configured to perform an image stabilization process by moving a position of a cropping area in the picked-up image data based on the angular velocity detected by the camera shake detection unit;
• a target-value-of-area calculation unit configured to calculate a target value of a size of the cropping area based on the angular velocity;
• a change determination unit configured to compare the target value calculated by the target-value-of-area calculation unit and the size of the cropping area at present and to determine whether or not to change the size of the cropping area at present based on a result of the comparison;
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• an area changing unit configured to change the size of the cropping area with respect to the picked-up image data based on a result of the determination of the change determination unit.