Electronic camera

Abstract

An electronic camera of the present invention includes: an imaging unit capturing a subject to generate an original image; a derivative image generating unit reducing resolution or color of the original image to generate a derivative image for transfer; a recording unit recording the original image and the derivative image thereon such that the original image and the derivative image get associated with each other; and a transfer unit transferring the derivative image recorded on the recording unit to an external transfer destination. In this configuration, the recording unit finds the derivative image (original image) by referring to the association with the original image (or derivative image), thereby collectively managing the original image and the derivative image. This makes it possible to prevent a user from being confused at image management due to the original image and the derivative image being the same image.

1 . An electronic camera comprising:
 an imaging unit for capturing a subject to generate an original image;   a derivative image generating unit for reducing resolution or color of the original image to generate derivative image(s) which is/are used for transfer;   a recording unit for recording the original image and the derivative image thereon such that the original image and the derivative image get associated with each other; and   a transfer unit for transferring the derivative image recorded on said recording unit to an external transfer destination.