Patent ID: 8203755

Claim:
An image output apparatus for outputting an image using image data indicative of the image and associated photographing information set at a generation of the image data, wherein the photographing information includes light metering mode information on a light metering mode, wherein the image output apparatus comprising: a picture quality adjusting unit that performs a picture quality adjustment on the image, the picture quality adjustment being for which a degree of an adjustment of lightness and contrast of a whole image is reduced based on the photographing information if the photographing information indicates that the light metering mode measures part of the image, the picture quality adjusting unit reducing a degree of the picture quality adjustment of the whole image so as to perform the picture quality adjustment without using the photographing information on a measured area in the case where the light metering mode is configured to measure a predetermined area of the image; and an outputting unit that outputs an image adjusted by the picture quality adjusting unit.