Patent ID: 8212888

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: an extracting unit constructed to extract information for white balance calculation from first image data obtained from an image pickup element, wherein the extracted information for white balance calculation includes calculation values corresponding to each of colors from the first image data; a storing unit constructed to store a plurality of files in a memory, wherein the plurality of files include the first image data obtained from the image pickup element and the extracted information for white balance calculation including the calculation values corresponding to each of colors from the first image data; a display unit which displays information of at least one of the plurality of files including the first image data and the extracted information for white balance calculation, wherein the display information includes at least one of the first image data and attribute data of the first image data; a selection member constructed to accept selection of a file from the plurality of files including the first image data of which information is displayed on the display unit; and a calculation unit constructed to calculate a white balance setting parameter for second image data by using the extracted information for white balance calculation of the first image data included in the file selected by the selection member, wherein the second image data is new image data which is picked up after said selection member selects the file.