Patent ID: 11871124
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A method of controlling an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit, comprising:
(a) selecting a dynamic range;
(b) performing a developing process on RAW image data obtained by the image capturing unit; and
(c) performing control, when recording RAW image data obtained by the image capturing unit as a RAW image file, such that if a first dynamic range is selected in the selecting (a), image data obtained by performing a developing process for the first dynamic range on the RAW image data in the developing (b) is recorded as the RAW image file together with the RAW image data, and if a second dynamic range is selected in the selecting (a), image data obtained by performing a developing process for the second dynamic range on the RAW image data in the developing (b) is recorded as the RAW image file together with the RAW image data.