Patent ID: 8218026

Claim:
An imaging apparatus, comprising: an imaging unit which converts an electric signal into image data and outputs the image data, the electric signal being acquired by an image pickup element photoelectrically converting light from an image of a subject formed through an imaging lens on a photosensitive surface of the image pickup element; a sound acquiring unit which converts a sound which represents circumstances around the subject into sound data and outputs the sound data; a sound analyzing unit which analyzes a feature of the sound based on the sound data outputted from the sound acquiring unit; an effect application unit which applies an effect on the image data outputted from the imaging unit, the effect comprising an image processing in accordance with the feature of the sound analyzed by the sound analyzing unit; and a recording unit which associates the image data generated by applying the effect by the effect application unit with the sound data outputted from the sound acquiring unit and records the image data and the sound data on a prescribed recording medium, wherein the feature of the sound comprises a volume of the sound a duration of the sound, and a frequency of the sound, and wherein each of a different combination of the volume of the sound, the duration of the sound, and the frequency of the sound causes the effect application unit to apply a different unique combination of hue, sharpness, and contrast as the image processing.