Patent ID: 8493450

Claim:
A camera comprising: a setting unit that sets a selected one of a photographing mode and a reproduction mode; a first control unit that controls an image on a recording medium; an operation unit that selects an image to be displayed; a designation unit that designates printing of the image selected by said operation unit; a reproduction unit that, when said setting unit sets the reproduction mode, reads out the image stored on the recording medium, selected by said operation unit, and causes a display apparatus to display the read-out image; a detection unit that detects that a connection to a printer is established; a determination unit that negotiates with the printer in accordance with said detection unit detecting the connection with the printer before the printing is designated by said designation unit, thereby determining whether the printer is arranged so as to communicate with said camera; and a second control unit that controls the reproduction mode set by said setting unit so as to shift to a print mode in accordance with said determination unit determining, during the set reproduction mode, that the printer is arranged so as to communicate with said camera, and that controls the display apparatus in accordance with the reproduction mode shifting to the print mode to display, in addition to the image read out and displayed in the reproduction mode, a mark indicating that said camera has shifted to the print mode from the set reproduction mode, wherein the image which the display apparatus is caused to display can be changed in response to an operation performed on said operation unit while the mark is being displayed on the display apparatus, wherein the image, which is displayed on the display apparatus when printing is designated by said designation unit, is subjected to the printing, wherein said designation unit is a button arranged so as to, in the print mode, function as a button for designating shifting to a print condition setting screen and to, in the reproduction mode, not function as the button for designating shifting to the print condition setting screen, and wherein said designation unit is made functional as the button for designating shifting to the print condition setting screen in accordance with said second control unit controlling the display apparatus to indicate that the print mode is shifted to from the reproduction mode.