To realize photographing intended by a photographer by actuating an exposure means after actuating only a photometry arithmetic means without actuating a focusing means white control signal.

By the photographer, a remote control mode is set by operating a remote control mode switching button 108. Next, automatic focusing(AF) processing and photometry arithmetic processing are executed by half-depressing a release button 105. Besides, a desired photographing state is set by focusing a camera on a desired object W the like. In this photographing state, a remote control release button 201 is turned on by making a transmitter 200 face a remote control signal receiving part 113 of a camera body 101 and the remote control signal is transmitted by the photographer. By the camera body 101 (CPU), exposure processing is executed by executing only the photometry arithmetic processing again based on the received remote control signal. In this case, the AF processing is not executed by the camera body 101 till the exposure processing is executed after the remote control signal is received.