Patent ID: 8417067

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging part; and a data processing part configured to: create a RAW image file that stores RAW data acquired through the imaging part and a plurality of different parameter sets to be applied during a development process of the RAW data; store the RAW image file in a storage part; create a master file which stores the RAW data acquired through the imaging part, the plurality of different parameter sets to be applied during the development process of the RAW data, and sub-files which separately store each of the plurality of different parameter sets; store the master file in the storage part; execute the development process in which only one of the plurality of different parameter sets is applied to the RAW data to create an in-process image; store the in-process image and the plurality of different parameter sets, including the only one of the plurality of different parameter sets applied during the creation of the in-process and at least one other one of the plurality of different parameter sets, in the RAW image file; create a thumbnail image corresponding to the in-process image; and store the thumbnail image in the RAW image file.