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Imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same

  • US 9,367,220 B2
  • Filed: 01/04/2013
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

  • a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on a display unit;

    a display control unit configured to control display in a same screen of the display unit;

    (a) a scale;

    (b) first indicators indicating a range of values settable as an exposure compensation setting, wherein the first indicators are arranged in association with the scale; and

    (c) second indicators indicating a range of values settable as a bracketing value in an autobracketing shooting, an indicator indicating a reference value in the autobracketing shooting, and an indicator indicating the bracketing value, wherein the second indicators are arranged in association with the scale and the first indicators; and

    a setting unit configured toset an exposure compensation value corresponding to an indicator of a touched position in a case where the touch detection unit detects a touch corresponding to a first touch area including the first indicators in the display unit, andin a case where the touch detection unit detects a touch to a second area which is wider than an area in which the second indicators are displayed and which includes the area in which the second indicators are displayed, set the bracketing value so as to widen a width between the indicator indicating the reference value and the indicator indicating the bracketing value according to the touch operation which moves to a first direction while continuing to touch irrespective of where the touch started in the second area, and set the bracketing value so as to narrow the width between the indicator indicating the reference value and the indicator indicating the bracketing value according to the touch operation which moves to a second direction which is opposite to the first direction while continuing to touch irrespective of where the touch started in the second area.

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