Patent ID: 8587683

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit; a signal processing unit configured to generate moving image data and still image data using image data output from the imaging unit; a moving image compressing unit configured to compress a data amount of the moving image data; a still image compressing unit configured to compress a data amount of the still image data; a recording unit configured to record the moving image data compressed by the moving image compressing unit and the still image data compressed by the still image compressing unit on a recording medium; a setting unit configured to set a data rate of the moving image data to be compressed by the moving image compressing unit; a control unit configured to control the moving image compressing unit and the still image compressing unit, wherein the signal processing unit generates the still image data in response to a still image shooting instruction issued during recording of the moving image data, wherein the recording unit records the still image data on the recording medium during recording of the moving image data, and wherein the control unit controls the moving image compressing unit on the basis of the data rate set by the setting unit to adjust a data rate of the moving image data, and controls the still image compressing unit on the basis of the data rate set by the setting unit and an information relating to a recording data rate of the recording medium to adjust an amount of the still image data generated during recording of the moving image data.