Patent ID: 7382398

Claim:
An image capture apparatus comprising: an image capture unit that captures an image and outputs image data; a microphone unit that outputs sound data; an internal recording unit that (a) starts recording the image and sound data on a recording medium in response to a record start instruction, and (b) stops recording the image and sound data on the recording medium in response to a record stop instruction; a communication unit capable of connecting with an external storage device and outputting the image and sound data; a control unit that (a) determine determines whether the external storage device is connected to said communication unit, and (b) determines whether said internal recording unit becomes unable to record the image and sound data on the recording medium, wherein if said control unit determines that the external storage device is connected to said communication unit, said control unit starts outputting the image and sound data from said communication unit to the external storage device in response to the record start instruction, and wherein if said control unit determines that said internal recording unit becomes unable to record the image and sound data on the recording medium when said communication unit is outputting the image and sound data, said control unit stops outputting the image and sound data from said communication unit to the external storage device in response to the record stop instruction without sending to the external storage device a command for stopping recording the image and sound data.