Disclosed herein is an imaging device having a lens including a zoom lens
and a focus lens; an image sensor for outputting an imaging result of an
optical image formed by the lens; a signal processor for processing the
imaging result to output a video signal; a detector for processing the
video signal to output an evaluation value indicative of the degree of
focusing; a memory for storing data of an imaging range where a focused
image is ensured, by using a cam curve of the lens; and a controller for
moving the focus lens in concert with the zoom lens; wherein when a focal
depth detected according to a current position of the zoom lens is less
than the imaging range at the current position of the zoom lens, the
controller performs autofocus control using the evaluation value to move
the focus lens; and when the focal depth is greater than the imaging
range at the current position of the zoom lens, the controller performs
focus control by the cam curve to move the focus lens. Thus, the
autofocus control and the focus control by the cam curve are switched to
each other according to the result of comparison between the focal depth
and the imaging range at the current position of the zoom lens.