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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
May. 16, 2005
Toshimichi Kudo, Fujisawa, JP;
Toshimichi Kudo, Fujisawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a photographing function setting unit that optionally sets operation conditions of the imaging unit, a recording unit that classifies image signals obtained by the imaging unit into groups and records the image signals on a recording medium, a group condition setting unit that optionally sets conditions for classifying the image signals into a plurality of groups, and a mode switching unit that switches between a recording manual setting mode for causing the imaging unit to execute photographing in accordance with the operation conditions set by the photographing function setting unit and the recording unit to classify and record the image signals in accordance with the conditions set by the group condition setting unit and a recording automatic setting mode for causing the imaging unit to execute photographing in accordance with predetermined operation conditions and the recording unit to classify and record the image signals in accordance with predetermined conditions.