Patent ID: 8687075

Claim:
An imaging apparatus capable of recording a still image during a moving image recording operation, the imaging apparatus comprising: a display unit; an operation unit configured to receive an instruction from a user; and a controller configured to control the display unit to display information about a number of recordable still image data, when the operation unit receives a predetermined instruction during a moving image recording operation, the predetermined instruction including a half-press instruction which is provided by user's half-pressing a release button and a full-press instruction which is provided by use's full-pressing a release button, the half-press instruction not causing stat of recording a still image, the full-press instruction causing stat of recording a still image, wherein: during recording of the moving image and displaying information about a recordable time of a moving image on the display unit, when the operation unit receives the half-press instruction, the controller switches information to be displayed on the display unit from the information about the recordable time of the moving image to information about the number of recordable still image data but does not start recording of a still image, or when the operation unit receives the full-press instruction, the controller switches information to be displayed on the display unit from the information about the recordable time of the moving image to the information about the number of recordable still image data and starts recording of the still image, and when the number of recordable still image data is zero, the controller controls the display unit to display a non-numerical mark which indicates that still image recording cannot be performed and information about the recordable time of the moving image.