Patent ID: 7956921

Claim:
An imaging apparatus that has a first part and a second part separable from the first part, the imaging apparatus comprising: a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of image data from the first part to the second part by wireless communication; a capturing unit capable of capturing an image in the first part; and a display unit capable of displaying an image data in the second part, wherein the imaging apparatus, if the image capturing is performed by the capturing unit in a united state, is able to store image data of the captured image in a nonvolatile storage medium of the first part and a nonvolatile storage medium of the second part, and to display the image data of the captured image on the display unit on the second part, and wherein the imaging apparatus, if the image capturing is performed by the capturing unit in a separated state, stores image data of the captured image in the storage medium of the first part and transmits the image data to the second part by wireless communication such that the image data of the captured image is capable of being displayed on the display unit of the second part.