Patent ID: 8023817

Claim:
An image capturing system comprising a first image capturing device and at least one second image capturing device(s); wherein said first image capturing device includes first image-capturing recording means for performing image capturing to record a common image of a scene, transmission means for transmitting a trigger signal, to execute image capture or recording of a local image of an object in a zoomed-in state within the scene, to each said at least one second image capturing device(s), and first control means for controlling recording of the image-captured common image at said first image-capturing recording means, and transmission of the trigger signal from said transmission means when a shutter program performs automatic shutter control; and wherein each of said at least one second image capturing device(s) includes shutter operation unit operated by a user in order to capture the local image, second image-capturing recording means for performing image capturing to record the local image, reception means for receiving the trigger signal from said first image capturing device, and second control means for controlling said second image-capturing recording means to execute at least image capturing or recording of the image-captured local image in response to one of (a) receiving the trigger signal from said first image capturing device at said reception means and (b) operation of the shutter operation unit by the user, wherein said first image-capturing recording means and said second image-capturing recording means capture the local and common images simultaneously when the trigger signal is received.