Patent ID: 7633523

Claim:
An image capturing device, comprising: an image capturing unit capturing an image of a subject, and outputting an image signal; an image processing unit obtaining image data in a predetermined format based on the image signal output by the image capturing unit; a setting unit setting an image capturing condition for capturing the image of the subject; a storing unit storing a plurality of pieces of first correction information and a plurality of pieces of second correction information used when a visible image is formed at an external device based on the image data, the first correction information being correction information for correcting the image data at the external device based on the image capturing condition set by the setting unit, the second correction information being correction information for preventing at least a part of a correction process based on the first correction information from being performed when the image data is corrected at the external device based on the first correction information; a selecting unit selecting first correction information corresponding to the image capturing condition set by the setting unit from among the plurality of pieces of first correction information stored in the storing unit; and an outputting unit associating the first correction information selected by the selecting unit corresponding to the image capturing condition and the second information corresponding to the first correction information with image data, and outputting the first correction information and the second correction information in association with the image data to the external device, wherein the setting unit setting the image capturing condition comprises: a first setting unit selecting one state from a plurality of predetermined shooting states, and setting a predetermined shooting mode; and a second setting unit capable of setting a predetermined correction condition in accordance with a state of a subject regardless of the shooting mode, and wherein a priority in the plurality of shooting modes is assigned to the respective shooting modes set by the first setting unit, and the shooting mode with a high priority is set when the plurality of shooting modes are set prior to shooting.