Patent ID: 9596375
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit; a generating unit configured to generate RAW image data by using an image obtained by the image capturing unit, wherein the generating unit sequentially generates RAW image data of a plurality of pictures in a continuous shooting mode; a memory configured to temporarily store the RAW image data; a first development unit configured to perform development processing on the RAW image data stored in the memory; a recording unit configured to record, onto a recording medium, (1) first image data developed by the first development unit and (2) the RAW image data stored in the memory; and a control unit configured to, in the continuous shooting mode, control whether to perform, by the first development unit, the development processing on the RAW image data stored in the memory, in accordance with free storage space of the memory available for storing the RAW image data, wherein the control unit, in the continuous shooting mode, controls (1) the generating unit to generate the RAW image data and to write the RAW image data into the memory, (2) the recording unit to read the RAW image data from the memory and to record the RAW image data onto the recording medium, and (3) the first development unit not to perform the development processing on the RAW image data stored in the memory, if the free storage space of the memory available for storing the RAW image data is smaller than a first threshold.