Patent ID: 8854256

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a first conversion unit configured to convert an image signal output from an image sensor into an image signal in a first color space; a signal processing unit configured to apply color processing to the image signal in the first color space and outputs the image signal; a recording signal generation unit configured to generate an image signal for movie recording from the image signal output from said signal processing unit, said recording signal generation unit including a second conversion unit configured to convert the image signal output from said signal processing unit into an image signal in a second color space required for the image signal for movie recording if the second color space differs from the first color space; a display signal generation unit configured to generate an image signal for display to be displayed on a display device from the image signal output from said signal processing unit, said display signal generation unit including a third conversion unit configured to convert the image signal output from said signal processing unit into an image signal in a third color space required for the image signal for display if the third color space differs from the first color space; and a control unit configured to set the first color space to the first conversion unit, the second color space to the second conversion unit, and the third color space to the third conversion unit, wherein in a case where the image processing apparatus is to record a moving image converted with input-output characteristics where an output value logarithmically increases with a linear increase in input value, said control unit sets the first color space and the second color space so as to match the first color space with the second color space.