Patent ID: 7929019

Claim:
An electronic camera that records and replays an optical image of an object, the electronic camera comprising: a converter that converts an optical image of the object into image data; a recorder that records the image data obtained by the converter; a reader that reads out desired image data that is recorded by the recorder; a display that displays at least the image data; a print mode selector that causes a print mode setting menu to be displayed on the display by which a user selects any one of a first print mode in which a plurality of image data is printed on a sheet of recording paper; a second print mode in which the plurality of image data is superimposed on the sheet of recording paper, and a third print mode in which one image data is printed on the sheet of recording paper; a paper size selector that causes a recording paper setting menu to be displayed on the display by which a user selects at least a paper size; an image selector that selects, as a print subject, a reduced version of the recorded image data displayed on the display; a layout adjustor that: (1) displays the plurality of image data in a multi-list on the display when the plurality of image data is selected by the image selector, (2) references setting information for setting an external printer and information of the paper size and automatically enlarges or reduces each of the plurality of image data to layout on the sheet of recording paper when the plurality of image data is selected by the image selector and the first print mode is selected by the print mode selector, (3) superimposes the plurality of image data to layout on the sheet of recording paper when the plurality of image data is selected by the image selector and the second print mode is selected by the print mode selector, and (4) enlarges and displays the image data on the display to layout the image data on the sheet of recording paper if the third print mode is selected; and an output device that outputs to the printer the plurality of image data or the one image data laid out by the layout adjuster, wherein the camera is a hand-held camera.