Patent ID: 8499109

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus capable of storing captured image data in a first and second recording media, comprising: a communication unit configured to communicatively connect with an external device; an image capturing unit configured to capture an object and generate image data of the object; a recording and reproducing unit configured to record the image data in the first and second recording media, and read out the image data from the first and second recording media; a list generating unit configured to generate a content list which describes identification information of each image data stored in the first and second recording media; a sending unit configured to send the content list to the external device which is connected to the image capturing apparatus via the communication unit; a connection unit configured to connect the first and second recording media; and a selection unit configured to select one of the first and second recording media based on management information of the first and second recording media, wherein the list generating unit checks if the image data stored in the first and second recording media include identical image data, and if the identical image data are detected, and adds a mark indicating that the identical image data are stored in the first and second recording media in the content list, wherein the first recording medium having faster access speed than that of the second recording medium, wherein the management information includes access speed information of each of the first and second recording media, and wherein the list generating unit generates the content list based on a selection result by the selection unit, thereby the identification information of each image data stored in one of the first and second recording media which is not selected by the selection unit is described in the content list after the identification information of each image data stored in one of the first and second recording media selected by the selection unit is described in the content list.