PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile terminal which provides a user interface environment to allow immediate acquisition of an image desired by a user, and to provide a control method of the mobile terminal.SOLUTION: A mobile terminal 100 comprises: a camera 121; a display 151 for outputting an image input by the camera 121; and a controller 180 which, in response to a request for image capturing, captures an image to be output by the display 151. The controller 180 comprises the steps of: in connection with at least one of the camera 121 and the display 151, causing the display 151 to output at least one of user definition icons linked with image setting information; processing a touch onto the user definition icon output by the display 151, as the request for image capturing; and in response to the processed request for image capturing, acquiring an image corresponding to the image setting information.