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Image pickup apparatus that facilitates checking of tilt thereof, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

  • US 8,482,648 B2
  • Filed: 03/24/2011
  • Issued: 07/09/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

  • an image pickup unit;

    a tilt detection unit configured to detect a tilt of the image pickup apparatus;

    a display unit configured to display an image;

    a display control unit configured to control said display unit to display a horizontal guide which indicates an angle formed between a lateral direction of the image pickup apparatus which is perpendicular to an optical axis of the image pickup apparatus and a horizontal direction which is perpendicular to gravity direction, together with an image picked up by the image pickup unit;

    wherein the horizontal guide is displayed in a first position of the display unit when an angle formed between the optical axis of the image pickup apparatus and a gravity direction is equal to a first angle smaller than a second angle, andthe horizontal guide is displayed in a second position lower than the first position of the display unit when the angle formed between the optical axis and the gravity direction is equal to the second angle.

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