Abstract: An imaging device for picking up an image of an object via an optical system and recording image information in a recording medium, a driving system for the optical system being controlled according to a position of an operating unit, includes a motor driving an object to be controlled by the driving system, a driver driving the motor, an absolute position detector detecting a relatively-low-resolution absolute position of the operating unit, a relative position detector detecting a relatively-high-resolution relative position of the operating unit, a position generator, and a controller. The position generator generates a position output corresponding to a position in a restricted range of movement of the operating unit using a combination of the detected absolute position and the detected relative position. The controller controls the motor via the driver to drive the object to be controlled according to the generated position output of the operating unit.

Abstract: An imaging method and an imaging apparatus are provided in which information about white points determined is stored and operation is performed only between the stored white points. The imaging method includes the steps of: automatically or manually determining at least two white points (Steps S1-2, S1-3 and S1-4); storing the above described at least two white points determined (Steps S5, S8 and S13); and manually or automatically adjusting a white point with the range between the above described at least two white points stored as a white point adjustment range (Step S23).

Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus for controlling a drive system for an optical system corresponding to the position of an operation unit includes a motor for driving a control target of the drive system, a driver for the motor, position detecting means for detecting the position of the operation unit, position generating means for generating the output corresponding to the position of the operating unit with a limited movable range by configuring an initialization value and maximum and minimum values of integrated displacement by the output of the position detecting means, and controlling means for controlling the motor via the driver so as to drive the control target corresponding to the position generating output of the operating unit.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: a focal position adjusting device operable to adjust a focal position of an optical system to a predetermined position in a first image capture period and change the focal position of the optical system in a second image capture period; a display operable to display an image captured in the first image capture period; a distribution generator operable to generate a distribution of sharpness corresponding to focal positions based on an image captured in the second image capture period; and a focused position detector operable to detect the focal position of the optical system, at which an image of a subject is in focus, based on the generated distribution of sharpness.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image-capturing apparatus, a method for processing signals, a recording medium, and a program that can improve the accuracy of an autofocus function with respect to a subject at the time of fill-light projection. A microcomputer 13 monitors a fill-light controller 15 and determines whether or not a fill-light projection flag is ON. If it is determined that the fill-light projection flag is ON, the microcomputer 13 performs computation of the amount of control of image-blur correction to determine the amount of control of image-blur correction, and outputs the determined amount of control of image-blur correction to a detector 121. The detector 121 determines the position of a detection frame for autofocus, changes the size or number of detection frames based on information on the zoom factor, and controls the position of the detection frame, and the size or number of detection frames. The present invention is applicable to camcorders.