A camera device comprises an eye-gaze position detecting for detecting a photographer's eye-gaze position in a photographing image field, a starting device responsive to the satisfaction of a predetermined condition indicative of a situation in which the detection of the eye-gaze position should be started to start the operation of the eye-gaze position detecting device, a timer device responsive to the counting of a predetermined time from after the power source of the camera is turned on to stop the operation of the eye-gaze position detecting device, a timer resetting device responsive to the satisfaction of the predetermined condition to initialize the time counting by the timer device.