Digital camera, digital photographic system, and image transmission method using the digital photographic system

A digital photographic system comprising:

• a digital camera having a release section which performs a shutter operation, a first short-range radio communication section which performs radio communication and photographing image data in corresponding with an operation of the release section;
• a radio communication terminal having a second short-range radio communication section which performs radio communication a mobile phone communication section which performs radio communication, a position information detecting section which detects a current position and an image displaying section which receives the image data transmitted from the digital camera and displays the received image data;
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• a data base on the Internet, which receives the image data transmitted from the radio communication terminal and stores the received image data.

An image transmission method using a digital photographic system which comprises a radio communication terminal having a radio communication section, a short-range radio communication section, a release section, a displaying section and a digital camera,

• wherein the digital camera photographs an object in correspondence with an operation of the release section and generates image data concerning the object,
• the digital camera transmits the image data to the radio communication terminal with use of the short-range radio communication section,
• the radio communication terminal transmits the image data to a data base on the Internet with use of the radio communication section, and
• the method using a digital photographic system which indicates a state of radio communication at the time of generating the image data or transmitting the image data in the indicating section.