Patent ID: 7864224
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit adapted to pickup a moving image and a still image; a control unit adapted to store the still image and a shooting parameter set of the still image as a separate file in a detachable storage medium, the shooting parameter set being associated with the still image obtained at a still image shooting and the shooting parameter set including a group of setting values of a plurality of items of shooting conditions; a shooting parameter storage unit adapted to store a plurality of shooting parameter sets which are used at the still image shooting in said image pickup apparatus; an instruction unit adapted to issue an instruction to register the shooting parameter set of the still image while the still image is read out from the detachable storage medium and displayed; a registration unit adapted to copy and register a file of the shooting parameter set associated with the still image in a shooting parameter storage unit of the image pickup apparatus on the basis of the instruction for registering the shooting parameter set; a display unit adapted to display information associated with the file of the shooting parameter sets stored in said shooting parameter storage unit; a selection unit adapted to select a desired file of the shooting parameter set from information displayed on said display unit; and a setting unit adapted to set the shooting parameter set selected by said selection unit.