A lens control device which is capable of controlling lens positions such that an in-focus state of an object image can be maintained even when a variable power lens is positioned outside a normal zoom range from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. A flash memory stores a positional relationship between the variable power lens and a focus lens, on an object distance-by-object distance basis. A system controller controls the movement of the focus lens by calculating the in-focus position of the focus lens with respect to the position of the variable power lens based on the positional relationship stored in the flash memory when the variable power lens is moved to a position outside the normal zoom range defined in the positional relationship stored in the flash memory.