Patent ID: 8189071

Claim:
An imaging apparatus, comprising: an operation unit that inputs information regarding an operation of a user; an imaging unit that images a subject to generate image data; a file generation unit that generates an image file by adding, to the generated image data, a header part with at least one of plural pieces of search information for searching of the image data, the search information indicating one of first conditions, the search information including information indicating a shooting setting for the imaging apparatus for shooting an image via a shooting unit and generating the image data; a recording unit that records generated image files to a first or a second recording medium; and a controller that controls a generation and an update of management data for managing the image files recorded on the first or the second recording medium, wherein the first recording medium is a removable recording medium, and the second recording medium stores the management data, the management data includes file identification information for identifying the image files stored in the first or the second recording medium, and search identification information indicating the search information stored in the header part of each of the image files identified by the file identification information, while associating the file identification information with the search identification information, the controller classifies the search information into predetermined categories based on second conditions and manages the classified search information, and when a category is designated on the operation unit, the controller referring to the management data identifies an image file related to the designated category among the image files stored in the first or the second recording medium, based on the file identification information associated with the search identification information indicating the search information that belongs to the designated category.