1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a photometry section that performs photometry of a subject; an exposure calculating section that sets exposure conditions based on results of the photometry of said photometry section; an imaging section that images said subject in accordance with said exposure conditions to generate image data; and an image processing section that performs an image correction on said image data generated in said imaging section, the image correction providing improvement of luminosity in a dark region, wherein said exposure calculating section determines said exposure conditions according to correction setting of said image correction in said image processing section.