An endoscope apparatus includes an observation magnification acquisition section that acquires magnification state information that indicates a state of an observation magnification, a motion detection section that detects motion amount information that indicates a relative motion amount of an object and an imaging section of the endoscope apparatus, an imaging period control section that reduces an imaging period of each image that is indicated by an image signal captured by the endoscope apparatus based on the magnification state information and the motion amount information, and a light source control section that controls intensity of illumination light applied to the object corresponding to the imaging period.
