To solve the problem that matching is hardly performed due to occurrence of a deviation between a ranging area and an AF area on the screen by a subject distance since a parallax exists between the optical axes of an imaging system and an outer measure sensor when performing AF in the outer measure sensor.
An imaging apparatus includes: a lens device having an imaging optical system including a focus group and a zoom group, a zoom position detection means, and a control means for controlling driving of the imaging optical system; a camera device having a light reception means for receiving a light flux from the imaging optical system, and an image display means for displaying image information; an AF operation means for setting a range to perform focus adjustment within the screen of the image display means as an AF frame; and a ranging means for ranging a subject which is arranged with the parallax with respect to the optical axis of the imaging optical system. The control means selects a ranging value measured in an image field of the AF frame among the ranging values measured by the ranging means, based on a position of the zoom group detected by the zoom position detection means and a position of the AF frame within the screen, and performs the focus adjustment by driving the focus group, based on the selected ranging value.
HIRAI HIROSUKE
ISOBE SHINGO
Shinichi Usui
Takao Ochi
Teruhisa Motomiya
Asahi Shinmitsu
Seiichiro Takahashi
Masami Saito
Katsuhiko Kimura
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