Patent ID: 7184077

Claim:
A digital camera, comprising: a motion picture recording unit configured to obtain a motion picture by continuously recording the motion picture, and a still picture recording/storage unit composed of a still picture recording unit configured to record a still picture by releasing a shutter and a picture storage unit configured to store the still picture; a compression unit configured to compress the respective frames constituting the motion picture and provides compressed motion picture data in a predetermined operation mode; an interface unit configured to output the compressed motion picture data in an appropriate format and to output the still picture; a multiplex unit configured to output the compressed motion picture and the still picture by time-division multiplexing; and a picture selection unit configured to permit a user to select a picture by any of the recording of the still picture by releasing the shutter and the designation of a picture stored in the picture storage unit, wherein the compression unit comprises a selected picture output unit configured to provide, when the user selects the picture by the picture selection unit, the selected picture without compressing the selected picture instead of the compressed motion picture data.