Patent ID: 6859226

Claim:
A camera comprising: an image capture unit adapted to generate a digital image; a first image compression unit adapted to compress a digital image outputted from the image capture unit in a first compression method; a second image compression unit adapted to compress a digital image outputted from the image capture unit in a second compression method which is different from the first compression method; a first image decompression unit adapted to decompress a digital image compressed in the first compression method; and a second image decompression unit adapted to decompress a digital image compressed in the second compression method, wherein the camera adapted to provide a digital image outputted from the image capture unit to the first or the second image compression unit; wherein the camera adapted to store a digital image compressed in the first or the second image compression unit in a removable memory unit, wherein the camera adapted to provide a digital image read from the removable memory unit to the first image decompression unit if the digital image read from the removable memory unit is compressed in the first compression method, and wherein the camera adapted to provide a digital image read from the removable memory unit to the second image decompression unit if the digital image read from the removable memory unit is compressed in the second compression method.