In step S403, the system controller 50 determines whether Touch-Down has been performed on the touch panel 70a. When it is determined that Touch-Down has been performed on the touch panel 70a, that is, start of a touch operation is detected, the process proceeds to step S404, and otherwise, the process proceeds to step S324 of FIG. 3.

In step S404, the system controller 50 obtains the position where Touch-Down is performed in step S403 or a coordinate (xt, yt) of a current touch position and records the position or the coordinate in the system memory 52.

In step S405, the system controller 50 determines whether an input method of a touch operation at a time of non-eye-approach which is currently set by the user is the absolute coordinate setting or the relative coordinate setting. The input method of a touch operation at the time of non-eye-approach may be set in the menu screen. When it is determined that the input method of a touch operation at the time of non-eye-approach is the absolute coordinate setting, the process proceeds to step S406, and otherwise, the process proceeds to step S409.

In step S406, the system controller 50 displays the AF frame in the coordinate (xt, yt) in the touch position obtained in step S404 as indicated by an AF frame 506 of FIG. 5D. Specifically, when the user operates the touch panel 70a while viewing the display unit 28 and the absolute coordinate setting is made, the AF frame is displayed in a coordinate immediately under a finger of the user touching the touch panel 70a.