Patent ID: 7130394

Claim:
An imaging apparatus with a communication function, comprising: a communication unit; an image pickup unit which is capable of picking up image data of various sizes; an address book memory which stores address data for use in communication by the communication unit, and which stores image data picked up by the image pickup unit in association with the address data; a mode setting unit which sets one of a creation mode to create address data to be stored in the address book memory, and an editing mode to edit the address data stored in the address book memory; and a size setting unit which sets a size of image data to be picked up by the image pickup unit; wherein when the image pickup unit is activated when one of the creating mode and the editing mode is set, the setting unit prohibits setting at least one of the various sizes of image data that the image pickup unit is capable of picking up, and the prohibited at least one size comprises any size that exceeds a predetermined size.