Digital camera

Abstract

A digital camera captures an image of a photographic subject and creates image data, and records this image data upon a recording medium. The digital camera includes: an image processing device that, according to operation by a user, performs any of a plurality of types of image processing upon the image data that has been recorded; and a control device that, for performing the image processing, (a) if image data is first selected, permits selection of a type of image processing that is to be performed upon the selected image data; and (b) if a type of image processing is first selected, permits selection of image data upon which that selected type of image processing is to be performed.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A digital camera, comprising:
 an image processing device that is configured to perform image processing to image data recorded to a recording medium; and   a control device that is configured to perform control such that, if image processing is performed to image data recorded to the recording medium,   (a) image processing, among a plurality of types of image processing, that is not supposed to be performed to image processing subject image data is prohibited from being performed to the image processing subject image data, if at least one image data of image data recorded to the recording medium is selected as the image processing subject image data, and   (b) selected image processing is prohibited from being performed to image data, of image data recorded to the recording medium, to which the selected image processing is not supposed to be performed, if a type of image processing to be performed to the image processing subject image data is selected, from among the plurality of types of image processing, before at least one image data of image data recorded to the recording medium is selected as image processing subject image data.   
     
     
         3 . The digital camera according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 if image data is first selected, a prohibition device is configured to prohibit selection of a type of image processing that a decision device has decided is not appropriate to perform upon that selected image data.   
     
     
         4 . The digital camera according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 if the type of image processing is first selected, a prohibition device is configured to prohibit selection of image data upon which a decision device has decided it is not appropriate to perform that selected type of image processing.   
     
     
         5 . The digital camera according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 the control device, in (b) in which selected image processing is prohibited from being performed to image data, is configured to permit image data to which selected image processing can be performed to be selected and is configured to permit image processing to be performed using a plurality of sets of image data.   
     
     
         6 . A digital camera, comprising:
 an image processing device that, in response to user instructions, is configured to perform image processing to image data of an image file recorded to a recording medium;   a determination device that is configured to determine whether image processing is to be performed by the image processing device, based on additional information added to the image file; and   a control device that is configured to prohibit image processing from being performed in response to user instructions when the determination device determines that image processing is not to be performed by the image processing device.   
     
     
         7 . The digital camera according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 the determination device is configured to decide whether performing image processing upon image data is appropriate or not, based upon photographic conditions during image capture of the image data.   
     
     
         8 . The digital camera according to  claim 7 , wherein:
 the determination device is configured to decide whether performing image processing upon image data is appropriate or not, based upon details of previous image processing of the image data.   
     
     
         9 . The digital camera according to  claim 8 , wherein:
 the determination device is configured to decide that it is not appropriate to perform, upon a same image data, a same type of image processing as has been previously performed.   
     
     
         10 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing an image processing control program to be executed by a computer, the image processing control program comprising:
 instructions for performing image processing to image data recorded to a recording medium; and   instructions for controlling performance such that, if image processing is performed to image data recorded to the recording medium,   (a) image processing, among a plurality of types of image processing, that is not supposed to be performed to image processing subject image data is prohibited from being performed to the image processing subject image data, if at least one image-datum data of image data recorded to the recording medium is selected as the image processing subject image data, and   (b) selected image processing is prohibited from being performed to image data, of image data recorded to the recording medium, to which the selected image processing is not supposed to be performed, if a type of image processing to be performed to the image processing subject image data is selected, from among the plurality of types of image processing, before at least one image data of image data recorded to the recording medium is selected as image processing subject image data.   
     
     
         11 . The image processing control program according to  claim 10 , further comprising:
 instructions for prohibiting selection of a type of image processing that a decision device has decided is not appropriate to perform upon that selected image data if image data is first selected.   
     
     
         12 . The image processing control program according to  claim 10 , further comprising:
 instructions for prohibiting selection of image data upon which a decision device has decided it is not appropriate to perform that selected type of image processing if a type of image processing is first selected.   
     
     
         13 . The image processing control program according to  claim 10 , further comprising:
 instructions for permitting image data, in (b) in which selected image processing is prohibited from being performed to image data, to which selected image processing can be performed is allowed to be selected and permitting image processing to be performed using a plurality of sets of image data.   
     
     
         14 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing an image processing control program to be executed by a computer, the image processing control program comprising:
 instructions for performing image processing upon image data;   instructions for, in response to user instructions, performing image processing to image data of an image file recorded to a recording medium;   instructions for determining whether image processing is to be performed by the image processing device, based on additional information added to the image file; and   instructions for prohibiting image processing from being performed in response to user instructions when the determination device determines that image processing is not to be performed by the image processing device.   
     
     
         15 . The image processing control program according to  claim 14 , further comprising:
 instructions for deciding whether performing image processing upon image data is appropriate or not, based upon photographic conditions during image capture of the image data.   
     
     
         16 . The image processing control program according to  claim 15 , further comprising:
 instructions for deciding whether performing image processing upon image data is appropriate or not, based upon details of previous image processing of the image data.   
     
     
         17 . The image processing control program according to  claim 16 , further comprising:
 instructions for deciding that it is not appropriate to perform, upon a same image data, a same type of image processing as has been previously performed.