Patent ID: 7405753

Claim:
A camera system, comprising: a digital camera that includes a storage component for storing image data obtained by photographing; a transmission component for transmitting the stored image data in the storage component to an external system; an input component for inputting designation information for designating the image data to be inhibited from being erased from the storage component; and a setting component for setting an inhibition of erasing of the image data in response to the designation information; and an external device that includes a reception component for receiving the image data transmitted by the transmission component; a backup storage component for storing the image data received by the reception component; and a control component for performing control such that the inhibition of erasing set to the image data in the storage component is canceled when the image data stored in the backup storage component is image data to which the inhibition of erasing has been set, wherein the input component further inputs count information indicating the number of times the image data to which the inhibition of erasing has been set is to be stored in the backup storage component as a condition of cancellation of the inhibition of erasing performed by the control component, the transmission component further transmits the count information to the external system, the reception component further receives the count information, and the control component performs control so that the inhibition of erasing set to the image data is canceled when the image data to which the inhibition of erasing has been set is stored in the backup storage component the number of times indicated by the count information.