Patent ID: 7430004

Claim:
A camera comprising: a record button; an audio microphone; a lens; an image sensor for receiving images viewed by the lens; a speaker; an audio amplifier; and processing circuitry that comprises a control algorithm that implements an automated zoom control function that automatically records images having different zoom levels while depressing the record button, and which, upon playback and postview zooming, adjusts the gain of the audio amplifier to adjust the sound output volume in an amount related to the zoom level recorded by the zoom control function; wherein the processing circuitry simultaneously changes the gain of the audio amplifier, but not an audio recording gain of the audio microphone, while the images are being recorded of a subject to mimic actual human movement to and from the subject as the zoom level changes and wherein the processing circuitry creates betadata having a pointer to a file name of the recorded image, and during postview, alters the betadata to automatically increase the volume of associated audio as the amplifier using an original picture size as a reference; wherein the processing circuitry keeps the audio recording gain of the audio microphone at a same audio recording level while the zoom levels change during recording of the images.