Patent ID: 8723973

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a connector component which connects an imaging apparatus to a recording medium, the recording medium having a wireless communication unit for automatically transmitting image data stored in a predetermined folder which follows a design rule for the camera file system (DCF) standard to an external device; a first recording unit configured to record photographed image data in the predetermined folder which follows the DCF standard in the recording medium; a reducing unit configured to reduce the photographed image data to generate reduced image data; a second recording unit configured to record the reduced image data generated by the reducing unit in another folder, different from the predetermined folder, which doesn't follow the DCF standard in the recording medium; and a deletion unit configured to delete from the predetermined folder the photographed image data corresponding to the reduced image data generated by the reducing unit after the photographed image data stored in the predetermined folder is transmitted by the recording medium; wherein, before the photographed image data is stored in the predetermined folder, the first recording unit applies to the photographed image data an image number coming next to a largest image number of the reduced image data stored in said another folder, and stores the photographed image data in the predetermined folder.