Patent ID: 7379102

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a recording unit which records taken images on a first recording medium; a display unit which displays the taken images; a first detecting unit which detects the remaining available recording space of the first recording medium; a second detecting unit which detects a plurality of external recording devices from a network; and a control unit which (a) determines a priority among the plurality of external recording devices, (b) automatically selects one of the plurality of external recording devices in accordance with the determined priority among the plurality of external recording devices, and ©) changes a recording medium for the taken images from the first recording medium to the selected external recording device so as to record the taken images on a second recording medium by the selected external recording device, wherein said display unit displays that a recording medium for the taken images has been changed from the first recording medium to the selected external recording device, if the selected external recording device starts recording of the taken images.