Patent ID: 8570398

Claim:
An image processing apparatus which records an image file obtained by a shooting into a folder in a recording medium, comprising: a setting unit which sets a condition for creating a new folder; a determination unit which determines whether or not a current shooting mode is sequenced images shooting; and a record control unit which controls a recording of image files into a folder of the recording medium, wherein: in the case where the determination unit determines that the current shooting mode is not the sequenced images shooting mode, the record control unit records, when a shooting has been performed before the condition has been met, an obtained image file into an existing folder that had been set as a recording destination before the condition has been met, in the case where the determination unit determines that the current shooting mode is not the sequenced images shooting mode, the record control unit creates, when a shooting has been performed after the condition has been met, a new folder in the recording medium and then records an obtained image file into the new folder, and in the case where the determination unit determines that the current shooting mode is the sequenced images shooting mode and the condition has been met during a sequence of shootings being performed, the record control unit does not create a new folder and records a sequence of obtained image files, including image files that are obtained after the condition has been met, into the existing folder that had been set as a recording destination before the condition has been met.