Patent ID: 8077221

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus, comprising: a holder unit which allows a storage medium to be attached/detached; a discrimination unit adapted to determine whether a storage medium attached to said holder unit is a limited-rewriteable storage medium; a built-in storage unit which is rewriteable; and a write control unit adapted to: (a) when said discrimination unit determines that the storage medium is a limited-rewriteable storage medium, perform control to write image data generated by shooting processing in the storage medium, while temporarily saving management information for the image data in said built-in storage unit and writing the management information in the storage medium every time the management information reaches a predetermined data size; and (b) when said discrimination unit determines that the storage medium is not a limited-rewriteable storage medium, perform control to write both image data generated by shooting processing in a shooting mode and the management information in the storage medium before the management information reaches the predetermined data size.