Patent attributes
A camera having an image stabilizer includes a focus adjusting system which captures images at different positions along an optical axis of a focusing lens group of a photographing optical system via an image pickup device while performing a searching operation in which the focusing lens group detects an in-focus position based on contrasts of the captured images; a vibration detector for detecting camera shake; a shake-reduction driving device which is driven to prevent an object image formed on the image pickup device from shaking relative thereto when the vibration detector detects camera shake; and a controller which controls the focus adjusting system so as to one of suspend and terminate the searching operation one of when the vibration detector detects the camera shake during the searching operation and when the camera shake lasts for more than a predetermined period of time during the searching operation.
