Patent ID: 7456893

Claim:
A method of controlling a digital image processing apparatus that, in a photographing mode, processes and stores an input image in a recording medium and, in a reproduction mode, displays at least one image file of a plurality of image files that are stored in the recording medium, the method consisting of the sequential steps: (a) setting the digital image processing apparatus in the reproduction mode; (b) using the digital image processing apparatus in the reproduction mode for displaying a single image file from the recording medium, the single image file being different from a most-recently stored image file; (c) while the single image file is being displayed, switching from the reproduction mode to the photographing mode; (d) using the digital image processing apparatus for a duration in the photographing mode for storing a newly photographed image to a new image file in the recording medium; (e) after the duration, switching from the photographing mode to the reproduction mode; and (f) irrespective of the duration, first displaying again only the single image file from step (c).