IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS

摘要

When an image is photographed vertically, vertical position information is added to the image. When an upside-down image is photographed, data itself is rotated by 180 degrees and recorded. Thus, when the image is reproduced by a general another reproducing apparatus, the image can be viewed with the too and bottom thereof being normally positioned.

主权项

1. An image pickup apparatus having an image pickup unit configured to photograph an object image and obtain a photographed image, comprising:
an attitude detection unit configured to detect an attitude of the image pickup apparatus; and a control unit configured to control on the basis of the attitude detected by the attitude detection unit when the photographing by the image pickup unit is performed, in such a manner that in a case where the image pickup apparatus is held vertically to photograph the image the photographed image is recorded to a recording medium without being rotated, and attitude information showing that the image pickup apparatus is held vertically is recorded as attribution information to the recording medium in association with the image, and in a case where the image is photographed by holding the image pickup apparatus upside down, the photographed image is recorded to the recording medium in a state in which the photographed image is rotated upside down.