Patent ID: 8730350

Claim:
An image capturing/reproducing apparatus comprising: a capture mode switching unit configured to switch between a first capture mode in which a user provides instructions to start and end recording images and a second capture mode in which image capturing automatically ends after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the user provided an instruction to start recording images; an image reproduction mode switching unit configured to switch between a first image reproduction mode in which images recorded in the first capture mode and the second capture mode can be reproduced and a second image reproduction mode in which only images recorded in the second capture mode can be reproduced; and a control unit configured to be capable of reproducing first audio data recorded in the first capture mode and the second capture mode and second audio data recorded separately from the first audio data, reproduce the first audio data in a case where the first image reproduction mode is selected by the image reproduction mode switching unit, and reproduce the second audio data in a case where the second image reproduction mode is selected by the image reproduction mode switching unit.