Imaging apparatus with drivable optical sighting unit

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• an imaging optical system provided on a front side of the imaging apparatus facing a subject and configured to collect light from a field of view area;
• an image sensor configured to receive the light collected from the field of view area via the imaging optical system to generate image data;
• an optical sighting unit comprising a light source and an optical element configured to transmit the light from the field of view area collected by the imaging optical system and to produce a virtual image of a light beam or a sighting mark in an area where the light from the field of view area transmits;
• a controller comprising an imaging control unit configured to perform imaging under imaging control corresponding to driving of the optical sighting unit when the optical sighting unit is driven;
• a blurring detector configured to detect blurring occurring in the imaging apparatus;
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• an image stabilizer configured to move one of the image sensor and the imaging optical system to suppress the blurring, wherein
• the imaging control unit is configured to control driving of the image stabilizer based on a detection result of the blurring detected by the blurring detector and to hold the driving of the image stabilizer when the optical sighting unit is driven.

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• an imaging optical system provided on a front side of the imaging apparatus facing a subject and configured to collect light from a field of view area;
• an image sensor configured to receive the light collected from the field of view area via the imaging optical system to generate image data;
• an optical sighting unit comprising a light source and an optical element configured to transmit the light from the field of view area collected by the imaging optical system and to produce a virtual image of a light beam or a sighting mark in an area where the light from the field of view area transmits;
• a controller comprising an imaging control unit configured to perform imaging under imaging control corresponding to driving of the optical sighting unit when the optical sighting unit is driven;
• a motor configured to move the imaging optical system along an optical axis of the imaging optical system;
• a rear display configured to display the image corresponding to the image data;
• an eyepiece display configured to display the image corresponding to the image data;
• an object detector configured to detect an object near the eyepiece display;
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• a controller comprising a display control unit configured to cause the eyepiece display to display the image when the object detector detects the object and to cause the rear display to display the image when the object detector does not detect the object, wherein
• the imaging control unit is configured to move the imaging optical system to adjust a point of focus of the imaging optical system by driving the motor and to set the point of focus in a specified area within an image corresponding to the image data when the optical sighting unit is driven, and
• when the object detector detects the object during driving of the optical sighting unit, the imaging control unit is configured to stop the driving of the optical sighting unit.