Imaging apparatus

Abstract

An imaging apparatus with improved convenience, which can perform various types of processing using an imaging device while performing phase difference detection, is provided. An imaging unit ( 1 ) includes an imaging device ( 10 ) for performing photoelectric conversion to convert light into an electrical signal, the imaging device ( 10 ) configured so that light passes through the imaging device ( 10 ), a phase difference detection unit ( 20 ) for receiving the light having passed through the imaging device ( 10 ) to perform phase difference detection, a focus lens group ( 72 ) for adjusting a focus position, and a body control section ( 5 ) for controlling the imaging device ( 10 ) and controlling driving of the focus lens group ( 72 ) at least based on a detection result of the phase difference detection unit. The body control section ( 5 ) performs a focus operation based on a detection result of the phase difference detection unit during exposure of the imaging device.

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         21 . An imaging apparatus, comprising:
 an imaging section configured to convert an optical image formed on an imaging plane into an electrical signal by photoelectric conversion;   a distance measurement section configured to perform distance measurement using light entering a predetermined region of the imaging plane, and   a control section configured to perform interpolation of the electrical signal in the predetermined region based on the electrical signal of a pixel in a vicinity of the predetermined region.