It is an object of this invention to efficiently correct, with a small calculation amount, the unbalance caused between the first and second image signals when limitation is imposed by vignetting in a photographing optical system. In order to achieve this object, there is provided a focus detection device comprising a solid-state image sensing device including a first photoelectric conversion element array which photoelectrically converts a first light beam passing through a first area of an exit pupil of a photographing optical system, and a second photoelectric conversion element array which photoelectrically converts a second light beam passing through a second area of the exit pupil which is different from the first area, and a computing unit for detecting a focus state of the photographing optical system by computing a correlation between a first image signal which is an image signal from the first photoelectric conversion element array and a second image signal which is an image signal from the second photoelectric conversion element array in accordance with the position of a focus detection area in an image sensing frame on the basis of the ratio between a shift amount t of a focus detection opening pupil, formed when limitation is imposed by an exit window of the photographing optical system, with respect to an optical axis, and a width T of the focus detection opening pupil.

 
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