An invention that prepares in advance shading correction value for a
plurality of discrete zoom positions is disclosed. For frame images
sensed at zoom positions for which shading correction values are not
provided, a correction value is obtained from shading correction values
provided for zoom position closest to the zoom position in the telephoto
direction and in the wide-angle direction at the time the image was
sensed and shading correction performed, enabling proper shading
correction to be performed on each frame image during zoom image sensing
while economizing on memory capacity.