An imaging control apparatus for inclusion in an imaging apparatus or for inclusion in a device configured to communicate with the imaging apparatus, the imaging control apparatus comprising: a controller having a state detection unit configured to receive a sensing signal from a sensor (14, 56) mounted in the imaging apparatus if the imaging control apparatus for inclusion in the imaging apparatus, or to receive a sensing signal from a sensor (14, 56) mounted in the device configured to communicate with the imaging apparatus if the imaging control apparatus is for inclusion in the device configured to communicate with the imaging apparatus, detect an imaging environment of the imaging apparatus becoming a first state, and detect a transition of the imaging environment from the first state to a second state based at least in part on the sensing signal satisfying a predetermined detection condition; and a mode processing instruction unit configured to communicate an instruction to the imaging apparatus to perform a first imaging operation in a first mode on a basis of detection of the imaging environment of the imaging apparatus becoming the first state, and communicate an instruction to the imaging apparatus to perform a second imaging operation in a second mode on a basis of detection of the transition of the imaging environment from the first state to the second state, characterized in that the controller is configured to determine that an activity type is selected from among a plurality of activity types based on either the sensing signal or a user input, and to set the detection condition from among a plurality of detection conditions based on the selected activity type. a controller having a state detection unit configured to receive a sensing signal from a sensor (14, 56) mounted in the imaging apparatus if the imaging control apparatus for inclusion in the imaging apparatus, or to receive a sensing signal from a sensor (14, 56) mounted in the device configured to communicate with the imaging apparatus if the imaging control apparatus is for inclusion in the device configured to communicate with the imaging apparatus, detect an imaging environment of the imaging apparatus becoming a first state, and detect a transition of the imaging environment from the first state to a second state based at least in part on the sensing signal satisfying a predetermined detection condition; and a mode processing instruction unit configured to communicate an instruction to the imaging apparatus to perform a first imaging operation in a first mode on a basis of detection of the imaging environment of the imaging apparatus becoming the first state, and communicate an instruction to the imaging apparatus to perform a second imaging operation in a second mode on a basis of detection of the transition of the imaging environment from the first state to the second state, characterized in that the controller is configured to determine that an activity type is selected from among a plurality of activity types based on either the sensing signal or a user input, and to set the detection condition from among a plurality of detection conditions based on the selected activity type.