Patent ID: 7420598

Claim:
An apparatus for recording image data, comprising: a first display controller for controlling a first display unit so as to display an original image represented by image data; a zoom area designation unit for designating a zoom area within the original image, wherein the zoom area is a user determined size; an electronic zoom processing unit for applying electronic zoom processing to image data representing an image within the zoom area designated by said zoom area designation unit; a second display controller for controlling a second display unit so as to display a zoomed image represented by zoomed-image data to which electronic zoom processing has been applied by said electronic zoom processing unit; a size determination unit for determining to which of a plurality of different sizes the size of the zoom area is closest; an enlargement/reduction unit for enlarging or reducing the image within the zoom area in such a manner that the size thereof becomes the size determined by said size determination unit; and a recording control unit for recording, on a recording medium, the image data representing the image that has undergone enlargement or reduction processing by said enlargement/reduction unit.