Digital camera capable of appropriately discriminating the face of a person

摘要: In a digital camera, when shutter button is depressed into its half stroke, subject photographed as preparatory image, in which the face of person identified area. Such area at latest time compared with corresponding another image taken immediately preceding to time. If no substantial difference exists between both, determined stationary object and excluded from set areas, remaining ones are adopted areas selected, based on which, optimum exposure focusing values calculated. When full calculated carried out value photograph live image. The freely selectable.