Patent ID: 8289416
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus operating on the basis of setting information determining quality of a captured image, the imaging apparatus comprising: imaging means for performing image processing in accordance with the setting information; image-signal processing means for performing signal processing of an image captured by the imaging means in accordance with the setting information; when a read request is input in a state of being connected with an image recording medium including setting-information recording means storing specific setting information recording a setting value for obtaining a specific image quality and image-information recording means recording image information including captured image data, setting-information reading means for reading the specific setting information stored in the setting-information recording means of the image recording medium, wherein the image recording medium includes a first recording medium and a second recording medium, the first recording medium comprising a different recording medium type than the second recording medium, the specific setting information stored only on the first recording medium and the captured image data stored only on the second recording medium; and control means for changing the setting information on the imaging means and the image-signal processing means on the basis of the specific setting information read by the setting-information reading means and controlling the imaging means and the image-signal processing means, in which the specific setting information represents the setting information pertaining to only one type of film such that the respective recording medium has the setting information pertaining to only the one type of film, and in which the setting-information reading means reads the specific setting information pertaining to only the one type of film stored in the image recording medium without ever a need for any selection of the setting information by a user, wherein the image recording medium is provided with identification allowing the setting information, including image capture settings, to be identified on a main-unit surface, or on a label attached to a main-unit surface or a main-unit side face.