IMAGING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SHADING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To deal with shading appropriately by judging whether a scene is susceptible to shading or not precisely. SOLUTION: Out of 256 blocks obtained by dividing a pixel acquired by an imaging element into sixteen in the longitudinal/lateral direction, 156 blocks on the periphery of an image is used for counting the number of blocks of sky blue sky_num. After setting an exposure correction value D_BV_SKY depending on the number of blocks of sky blue sky_num, that exposure correction value is reflected on exposure setting during exposure. Since exposure correction is performed, based on the rate of sky blue region detected from the periphery of an image, one scene susceptible to shading, i.e. a scene where the sky is reflected on the greater part of an image, can be judged precisely and reduction in shading can be dealt with appropriately. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT