Photographing apparatus having an exposure mode selection function

1. A photographing apparatus comprising:

an imaging sensor;

a controller that performs a photometric operation on a photographing subject and obtains a luminance value of said photographing subject based on said photometric operation;

an exposure-mode-selecting device that selects one of a plurality of exposure modes in accordance with a position of said exposure-mode-selecting device, said plurality of exposure mode comprising a sensitivity priority AE mode and an aperture priority AE mode, said exposure-mode-selecting device being arranged on an upper surface of said photographing apparatus; and

an operation device arranged on a rear surface of said photographing apparatus, said operation device being operated by a user to set a sensitivity of said imaging sensor in said sensitivity priority AE mode, and to set an aperture value in said aperture priority AE mode,

wherein a photographing operation is performed with said sensitivity of said imaging sensor that is set by a user and a shutter speed and an aperture value that are calculated based on said luminance value and said sensitivity, while said photographing apparatus is in said sensitivity priority AE mode.

2. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said operation device is a dial.

3. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display that displays at least one error message when either said shutter speed that is calculated in said sensitivity priority AE mode is outside a range of shutter speed values of said photographing apparatus, or when said aperture value that is calculated in said sensitivity priority AE mode is outside a range of aperture values of a lens of said photographing apparatus.

4. A photographing apparatus comprising:

an imaging sensor;

a controller that performs a photometric operation on a photographing subject and obtains a luminance value of said photographing subject based on said photometric operation;

an exposure-mode-selecting device that has a first operation device that selects one of a plurality of exposure modes in accordance with a position of said first operation device, said plurality of exposure modes comprising a sensitivity priority AE mode and an aperture priority AE mode, said first operation device being arranged on an upper surface of said photographing apparatus; and

an exposure-factor-setting device that has a second operation device and a third operation device, said second operation device being arranged on a rear surface of said photographing apparatus to set a sensitivity of said imaging sensor in said sensitivity priority AE mode and to set an aperture value in said aperture priority AE mode in accordance with an operation state of said second operation device, said third operation device being arranged on a front surface of said photographing apparatus to change a shutter speed in accordance with an operation state of said third operation device,

said controller calculating said shutter speed and said aperture value based on said luminance value and said sensitivity that is set by said second operation device, when said photographing apparatus is in said sensitivity priority AE mode.

5. The photographing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein said controller calculates said aperture value based on said luminance value, said sensitivity, and said shutter speed that is changed by said third operation device, when said third operation device is operated in said sensitivity priority AE mode.