1. An image pickup apparatus having a continuous shooting mode in which a plurality of images are captured for recording in response to an image capture instruction, the image pickup apparatus comprising: a focus control unit configured to detect a focal point of a focus lens by scanning the focus lens in a light axis direction thereof and controlling movement of the focus lens so that the focus lens is focused at the focal point; and a control unit configured to control movement of the focus lens and to control the capturing of an image; wherein, after the control unit controls the movement of the focus lens using the focus control unit and captures an image for recording in the continuous shooting mode, the control unit controls the movement of the focus lens using the focus control unit before capturing the subsequent image for recording concurrently with performance of a development process of the captured image.