Patent ID: 7551787

Claim:
A method of storing multiple captured images in digital form in a digital camera, comprising the steps of: a. capturing a first image in a predetermined digital form with said digital camera, b. providing a digital storage device having a finite storage capacity for storing said images in said digital form in said digital camera, c. storing said captured first digital image in a first format in a first portion of said storage device, d. setting a threshold value on the percentage of available storage space used to store images in said storage device, e. capturing a second image in digital form, f. determining if the percentage of storage space needed to store said first and second images exceeds said threshold value, g. if the space needed to store said first and second images exceeds said limit, then automatically compressing at least one of said images and storing all of said images, including all of said compressed images, in said storage device, wherein for each subsequent image that is captured, if space needed to store the already saved images and the subsequently captured image exceeds said limit, then at least one of said stored images is automatically recompressed and the subsequently captured image is compressed, and all of said images are stored in said storage device.