Imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same

1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on a display unit;

a display control unit configured to control display in a same screen of the display unit:

(a) a scale;

(b) first indicators indicating a range of values settable as an exposure compensation setting, wherein the first indicators are arranged in association with the scale; and

(c) second indicators indicating a range of values settable as a bracketing value in an autobracketing shooting, an indicator indicating a reference value in the autobracketing shooting, and an indicator indicating the bracketing value, wherein the second indicators are arranged in association with the scale and the first indicators; and

a setting unit configured to

set an exposure compensation value corresponding to an indicator of a touched position in a case where the touch detection unit detects a touch corresponding to a first touch area including the first indicators in the display unit, and

in a case where the touch detection unit detects a touch to a second area which is wider than an area in which the second indicators are displayed and which includes the area in which the second indicators are displayed, set the bracketing value so as to widen a width between the indicator indicating the reference value and the indicator indicating the bracketing value according to the touch operation which moves to a first direction while continuing to touch irrespective of where the touch started in the second area, and set the bracketing value so as to narrow the width between the indicator indicating the reference value and the indicator indicating the bracketing value according to the touch operation which moves to a second direction which is opposite to the first direction while continuing to touch irrespective of where the touch started in the second area.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the touch operation is an operation for touching one point on the display unit.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the width is “0” and the touch detection unit does not detect the touch operation, the display control unit does not display the indicator indicating the reference value and the indicator indicating the bracketing value, and when the width is “0” and the touch detection unit detects the touch operation, the display control unit performs control to display the indicator indicating the reference value.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control to move the indicator indicating the bracketing value according to the touch operation detected by the touch detection unit and which moves while continuing to touch the setting area.

5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit moves the indicator indicating the bracketing value at a distance smaller than an amount of movement of the touch operation according to the touch operation detected by the touch detection unit and which moves while continuing to touch the setting area.

6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control to display a first touch button for receiving an instruction for increasing the width and a second touch button for receiving an instruction for decreasing the width in a position different from the setting area of the screen in which the setting area is displayed, and

wherein the control unit performs control to increase the width based on a number of times of the touch operation and/or a touch continuation time of the touch operation in response to the touch detection unit detecting the touch operation on the first touch button, and to decrease the width based on the number of times of the touch operation and/or the touch continuation time of the touch operation in response to the touch detection unit detecting the touch operation on the second touch button.

7. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a shooting control unit configured to perform control to perform an autobracketing shooting for acquiring an image in which a specific shooting setting is acquired as a setting based on the reference value and an image in which the specific shooting setting is acquired as a setting based on the bracketing value set by the bracketing value setting unit.

8. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the autobracketing shooting relates to at least one of exposure, flash, shutter speed, aperture value, white balance, ISO sensitivity, and focus.

9. A method for controlling an imaging apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting a touch operation on a display unit;

controlling display, in a same screen of the display unit, of

(a) a scale,

(b) first indicators indicating a range of values settable as an exposure compensation setting, wherein the first indicators are arranged in association with the scale, and

(c) second indicators indicating a range of values settable as a bracketing value in an autobracketing shooting, an indicator indicating a reference value in the autobracketing shooting, and an indicator indicating the bracketing value, wherein the second indicators are arranged in association with the scale and the first indicators;

setting an exposure compensation value corresponding to an indicator of a touched position in a case where a touch corresponding to a first touch area including the first indicators in the display unit is detected; and

in a case where a touch to a second area which is wider than an area in which the second indicators are displayed and which includes the area in which the second indicators are displayed is detected, setting the bracketing value so as to widen a width between the indicator indicating the reference value and the indicator indicating the bracketing value according to a touch operation which moves to a first direction while continuing to touch irrespective of where the touch started in the second area, and setting the bracketing value so as to narrow the width between the indicator indicating the reference value and the indicator indicating the bracketing value according to a touch operation which moves to a second direction which is opposite to the first direction while continuing to touch irrespective of where the touch started in the second area.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as each unit of the imaging apparatus according to claim 1 .

11. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the width is zero as a result of detecting the touch operation which moves to the second direction while continuing to touch the second area and narrowing the width, the setting unit is configured to perform control so that the width is not changed even if the touch operation to move farther to the second direction is detected.

12. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on a display unit;

a display control unit configured to control display in a same screen of the display unit:

(a) a scale;

(b) first indicators indicating a range of values settable as an exposure compensation setting, wherein the first indicators are arranged in association with the scale; and

(c) second indicators indicating a range of values settable as a bracketing value in an autobracketing shooting, an indicator indicating a reference value in the autobracketing shooting, and an indicator indicating the bracketing value, wherein the second indicators are arranged in association with the scale and the first indicators; and

a setting unit configured to

set an exposure compensation value corresponding to an indicator of a touched position in a case where the touch detection unit detects a touch corresponding to a first touch area including the first indicators in the display unit, and

in a case where the touch detection unit detects a touch to a second area which includes the area in which the second indicators are displayed, set the bracketing value so as to widen a width between the indicator indicating the reference value and the indicator indicating the bracketing value according to the touch operation which moves to a first direction while continuing to touch irrespective of where the touch started in the second area, and set the bracketing value so as to narrow the width between the indicator indicating the reference value and the indicator indicating the bracketing value according to the touch operation which moves to a second direction which is opposite to the first direction while continuing to touch irrespective of where the touch started in the second area.

13. A method for controlling an imaging apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting a touch operation on a display unit;

controlling display, in a same screen of the display unit, of

(a) a scale,

(b) first indicators indicating a range of values settable as an exposure compensation setting, wherein the first indicators are arranged in association with the scale, and

(c) second indicators indicating a range of values settable as a bracketing value in an autobracketing shooting, an indicator indicating a reference value in the autobracketing shooting, and an indicator indicating the bracketing value, wherein the second indicators are arranged in association with the scale and the first indicators;

setting an exposure compensation value corresponding to an indicator of a touched position in a case where a touch corresponding to a first touch area including the first indicators in the display unit is detected; and

in a case where a touch to a second area which includes the area in which the second indicators are displayed is detected, setting the bracketing value so as to widen a width between the indicator indicating the reference value and the indicator indicating the bracketing value according to a touch operation which moves to a first direction while continuing to touch irrespective of where the touch started in the second area, and setting the bracketing value so as to narrow the width between the indicator indicating the reference value and the indicator indicating the bracketing value according to a touch operation which moves to a second direction which is opposite to the first direction while continuing to touch irrespective of where the touch started in the second area.