Patent ID: 8154609

Claim:
An information processing method, comprising using a processor to perform the steps of: recording image data obtained by image pickup and setting data used in the image pickup; reproducing the setting data; accepting a variation amount to a value corresponding to the setting data inputted by a user; varying the reproduced setting data based on the accepted variation amount; and recording the varied setting data, the setting data used in the image pickup being used preview image pickup setting data, the varied setting data being recommended actual image pickup setting data, and the used preview image pickup setting data and recommended actual image pickup setting data being cross-referenced with both recommended preview image pickup setting data and used actual image pickup setting data on a scene-by-scene basis, a plurality of sets of used preview image pickup setting data and a plurality of sets of used actual image pickup setting data being generated, the sets of used preview image pickup setting data varying from each other on a set-to-set basis, and the sets of used actual image pickup setting data varying from each other on a set-to-set basis, the recommended preview image pickup setting data being cross-referenced to more than one of the sets of used preview image pickup setting data, and the recommended actual image pickup setting data being cross-referenced to more than one of the sets of used actual image pickup setting data, when an image pickup apparatus for preview image pickup is different from an image pickup apparatus for actual image pickup, setting data for the image pickup apparatus for preview image pickup is converted according to coefficients set in advance for the image pickup apparatus for preview image pickup and the image pickup apparatus for actual image pickup, the coefficients being coefficients set in advance for different combinations of manufacturers and being used to compute additive amounts for each of white balance, black level, and brightness, which are respectively added to corresponding amounts for the recommended actual image pickup setting data to generate the converted setting data, and the converted setting data being used as recommended actual image pickup setting data.