Patent ID: 7656451

Claim:
A camera apparatus comprising: an imaging unit that shoots an object and outputs image data thereof; a display unit that displays an image; a storage unit that stores a plurality of shooting conditions; a display control unit that displays on a display screen of the display unit a real-time image based on the image data from the imaging unit together with a plurality of selectable images for identifying the plurality of shooting conditions stored in the storage unit, wherein the display control unit includes an image changing unit that changes the selectable images to be displayed together with the real-time image in response to a predetermined operation; a selection unit that selects an arbitrary one of the selectable images displayed on the display unit; a setting unit that sets one of the shooting conditions stored in the storage unit which corresponds to the selectable image selected by the selection unit as a shooting condition for a shooting operation; a recording unit that causes the imaging unit to shoot the object according to the shooting condition set by the setting unit, and records obtained image data; a scene specifying information obtaining unit that obtains scene specifying information for specifying a shooting scene when the object is shot; and a priority order setting unit that sets a priority order for the shooting conditions stored in the storage unit, based on the scene specifying information obtained by the scene specifying information obtaining unit; wherein the image changing unit changes the selectable images to be displayed on the display unit together with the real-time image according to the priority order set by the priority order setting unit.