Patent ID: 8279298

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit; a signal processing unit configured to generate moving image data and still image data using image data output from the imaging unit; a moving image coding unit configured to encode the moving image data to compress an information amount of the moving image data; a still image coding unit configured to encode the still image data to compress an information amount of the still image data; a recording unit configured to record the moving image data encoded by the moving image coding unit and the still image data encoded by the still image coding unit on a recording medium; a setting unit configured to set a data rate of the moving image data to be encoded by the moving image coding unit; and a control unit configured to control the moving image coding unit and the still image coding unit, the control unit controlling the moving image coding unit on the basis of the data rate set by the setting unit to adjust a data rate of the moving image data, the control unit controlling the still image coding unit on the basis of the data rate set by the setting unit and a recording data rate of the recording medium to adjust an amount of the still image data, wherein the signal processing unit generates the still image data in response to a still image shooting instruction issued during recording of the moving image data, wherein the recording unit records the still image data on the recording medium during recording of the moving image data, and wherein the control unit adjusts, on the basis of the set data rate and the recording data rate of the recording medium, an amount of the still image data generated during recording of the moving image data.