Image capturing apparatus, control method thereof, and program
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Mar 5, 2013
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Aug 19, 2010
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Feb 4, 2010
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Feb 12, 2009
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An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor obtaining a captured image of a subject, a face detection section detecting a face of the subject from the captured image, a focusing control section performing a tracking focusing operation for maintaining a state in which the face of the subject is focused on the basis of a signal obtained from a distance measuring area provided in an image capturing area, a first determination section determining whether the face of the subject is present in the distance measuring area when the face of the subject is detected by the face detection section, and a second determination section determining whether a body area in which a body corresponding to the face of the subject is expected to be present is present in the distance measuring area when the face of the subject is determined not to be present in the distance measuring area.
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