Patent ID: 8102425
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic camera, comprising: a communication unit engaged in communication with an external device; a selection unit that selects a transfer method of a photographic image among a plurality of transfer methods; a transfer control unit that controls the communication unit so as to start, in response to a command transmission from the communication unit to the external device, a transfer of the photographic image from the communication unit to the external device through the transfer method selected by the selection unit; a registration unit where management information related to the photographic image to be transferred is registered, the management information being used when transferring the photographic image; and a registration control unit that varies a registration method with which the management information is registered in the registration unit in correspondence to the transfer method selected by the selection unit, wherein the transfer control unit controls the communication unit so as to transfer photographic images corresponding to the management information having been registered in the registration unit.