Imaging apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkihiro Tsubusaki
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus is such that in a case where an operation is instructed by an operation member, a mode changing unit changes operation modes or control amounts in the operation modes of at least two controllers from among a plurality of controllers.
Claims17
An imaging apparatus configured to receive light passed through an optical system by an image sensor to capture an image of an object, comprising:
- a zoom controller configured to change a field angle by optical zooming or electronic zooming;
- an image stabilizing controller configured to reduce, by controlling an image stabilizing lens, an influence on the image of the object caused by camera shake;
- a plurality of controllers configured to respectively control a plurality of adjustment parameters for determining a photographing condition;
- an operation member configured to be different from an operation switch to switch between auto-focus AF mode and manual focus MF mode and arranged around a lens barrel;
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- a mode changing unit including a memory and a processor, the memory storing a program of instructions, the processor executing the program of instructions to change a first mode to a second mode in a case where an operation is instructed by the operation member, wherein a driven range of the image stabilizing lens by the image stabilizing controller in the second mode is wider than a driven range of the image stabilizing lens by the image stabilizing controller in the first mode, and a zooming speed by the zoom controller in the second mode is slower than a zooming speed by the zoom controller in the first mode.
A method for controlling an imaging apparatus, the imaging apparatus configured to receive light passed through an optical system by an image sensor to capture an image of an object, the imaging apparatus including a zoom controller configured to change a field angle by optical zooming or electronic zooming and an image stabilizing controller configured to reduce, by controlling an image stabilizing lens, a influence on the image of an object caused by camera shake, the imaging apparatus also including an operation member configured to be different from an operation switch to switch between auto-focus AF mode and manual focus MF mode and arranged around a lens barrel, the method comprising:
- controlling respectively a plurality of adjustment parameters by a plurality of controllers for determining a photographing condition;
- changing the various operation modes of the plurality of controllers;
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- changing a first mode to a second mode in a case where an operation is instructed by the operation member, wherein a driven range of the image stabilizing lens by the image stabilizing controller in the second mode is wider than a driven range of the image stabilizing lens by the image stabilizing controller in the first mode, and a zooming speed by the zoom controller in the second mode is slower than a zooming speed by the zoom controller in the first mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.