Patent ID: 8525902

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus which is connectable to and able to communicate with an external apparatus, comprising: an image capturing unit which captures an object image and generates image data; a recording unit which records image data generated by said image capturing unit in at least one recording medium as a first and second file; and a notifying unit which notifies said external apparatus of information of files recorded in at least one recording medium before the files are transmitted to said external apparatus; a receiving unit which receives a data transfer request transmitted by said external apparatus for any one of information of the files which is notified by said notifying unit; a transmitting unit which transmits file according to the data transfer request received by said receiving unit to said external apparatus, wherein said notifying unit notifies said external apparatus of information of the first file and second file as a single combined file information, said transmitting unit transmits the first file and second file to said external apparatus in the case that said receiving unit receives the data transfer request according to the combined file information, and wherein the first file and second file are not combined into a single file until at least said receiving unit receives the data transfer request according to the combined file information.