Patent ID: 8437616

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit; a memory configured to store moving image data obtained by the imaging unit; a recording unit configured to record the moving image data in a recording medium; a mode selection unit configured to select either one of a first recording mode and a second recording mode, wherein, in the first recording mode, in a state in which moving image data of a first predetermined amount is stored in the memory, the moving image data of the first predetermined amount is read out from the memory, and is recorded in the recording medium and, in the second recording mode, in a state in which the moving image data of a second predetermined amount smaller than the first predetermined amount is stored in the memory, the moving image data of the second predetermined amount is read out from the memory, and is recorded in the recording medium, and wherein, in an interval recording mode for intermittently recording the moving image data for a predetermined number of frames in the recording medium at predetermined intervals, the selection unit selects the second recording mode.