Patent ID: 8437390

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a processor configured to execute at least one computer program; an image pickup unit configured to shoot a subject to generate moving image data and still image data; a recording unit configured to record the moving image data generated by the image pickup unit according to an instruction for recording a moving image on a recording medium in a moving image recording format, and record still image data generated by the image pickup unit according to an instruction for recording a still image on the recording medium in a still image recording format; a conversion unit configured to convert the still image data recorded on the recording medium into moving image data in the moving image recording format to generate converted moving image data; a receiving unit configured to receive a generation instruction for generating the converted moving image data from a user; a management unit configured to generate a group of the still image data recorded on the recording medium in accordance with the generation instruction received by the receiving unit, wherein, if a first generation instruction is received by the receiving unit, the management unit generates a first group including the still image data recorded before the first generation instruction and, if a second generation instruction is received by the receiving unit after the first generation instruction, the management unit generates a second group, which is different from the first group, including the still image data recorded in a period from the first generation instruction to the second generation instruction, and wherein the management unit generates identification information for identifying still image data of a plurality of groups including the first group and the second group; a control unit configured to control the conversion unit to generate a plurality of pieces of the converted moving image data corresponding to a plurality of still image data groups in response to an instruction for finalizing the recording medium, and to control the recording unit to finalize the recording medium after the plurality of pieces of converted moving image data generated by the conversion unit are recorded on the recording medium in the moving image recording format, wherein the control unit detects the still image data of the first group and the still image data of the second group from among the plurality of pieces of still image data recorded on the recording medium using the identification information in accordance with the instruction for finalizing and controls the conversion unit such that first converted moving image data is generated from the still image data of the first group and second converted moving image data is generated from the still image data of the second group; and wherein the control unit controls the conversion unit in accordance with the instruction for finalizing the recording medium to generate both the first converted moving image data and the second converted moving image data.