An image pickup apparatus includes a first operation unit indicating a state set by the position of a first operation member, such as a dial, and a second operation unit indicating a state that is set so as to be irrelevant to the position of a second operation member, such as a pushbutton switch. If the first operation unit is set so as to inhibit a combination with the electronic viewfinder mode in the optical viewfinder mode, the image pickup apparatus does not perform switching to the electronic viewfinder mode. If the second operation unit is set so as to inhibit a combination with the electronic viewfinder mode in the optical viewfinder mode, the image pickup apparatus switches the above setting to a setting in which the combination with the electronic viewfinder mode is not inhibited to switch to the electronic viewfinder mode.