Patent ID: 8004568

Claim:
An image pick-up apparatus, comprising: a capturing button with which the capturing is instructed; a reproduction button with which the reproduction of recording data is instructed; a chapter formation button with which the formation of chapter is instructed; a signal processing portion for processing capturing data acquired from the capturing to generate the recording data, a first storage portion for storing therein the recording data, and a chapter table including a chapter number of the chapter; a second storage portion for temporarily storing therein the chapter table transferred from the first storage portion; a chapter formation-commanding portion for forming and registering the chapter data in the chapter table of the second storage portion based on depression of the chapter formation button while the capturing is performed after the capturing button is depressed, and forming and registering the chapter data in the chapter table of the second storage portion based on depression of the chapter formation button while the reproduction of the recording data is performed after the reproduction button is depressed; and a control portion for transferring the chapter table from the first storage portion to the second storage portion and registering the chapter data in the chapter table by the chapter formation-commanding portion, and then transferring the chapter table from the second storage portion to the first storage portion.