Electronic camera capable of recording thumbnail pictures

An electronic camera comprising:

• a photographing section that photographs a subject image and outputs image data of the subject image;
• a picture data creating section that creates, based on the picture data outputted from the photographing section, first picture data, second picture data having fewer data amount than the first picture data and third picture data having fewer data amount than the second picture data;
• a picture data file creating section that creates a picture data file that includes the first picture data, the second picture data and the third picture data created by the picture data creating section;
• a memory that stores the picture data file created by the picture data file creating section;
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• a display control section that has a display section display the second picture data included in the picture. data file upon displaying the picture data file stored in the memory.

A picture recording apparatus comprising:

• a memory that stores first picture data;
• a judging section that judges whether the memory stores second picture data having fewer data amount than the first picture data correlated with the first picture data;
• a picture data creating section that creates the second picture data based on the first picture data when the judging section judges that the memory does not store the second picture data correlated with the first picture data;
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• a recording control section that correlates the second picture data created by the picture data creating section with the first picture data and stores the second picture data in the memory.

A picture recording apparatus comprising:

• a memory that stores first picture data;
• a judging section that judges as to whether the memory stores second picture data having fewer data amount than the first picture data correlated with the first picture data;
• a display control section that has a display section display the second picture data when the judging section judges that the memory stores the second picture data correlated with the first picture data;
• and
• a notification section that makes a notification when the judging section judges that the memory does not store the second picture data correlated with the first picture data.

A picture recording method comprising the steps of:

• storing in a memory a picture data file including first picture data, second picture data having fewer data amount than the first picture data and third picture data having fewer data amount than the second picture data, or a picture data file including the first image data and the third image data;
• judging whether the picture data file stored in the memory includes the second picture data;
• having a display section display the second picture data when a determination is made that the picture data file includes the second picture data;
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• having the display section display the first picture data or the third picture data included in the picture data file when a determination is made that the picture data file does not include the second picture data.

A picture recording method comprising the steps of:

• creating, based on picture data outputted from a photographing section, first picture data, second picture data having fewer data amount than the first picture data and third picture data having fewer data amount than the second picture data;
• creating a picture data file that includes the first picture data, the second picture data and the third picture data created;
• storing the created picture data file in a memory;
• and
• having a display section display the second picture data included in the picture data file when the display section displays the picture data file stored in the memory.

A picture recording method comprising the steps of:

• storing first picture data in a memory;
• judging whether the memory stores second picture data having fewer data amount than the first picture data correlated with the first picture data;
• creating the second picture data based on the first picture data when it is judged that the memory does not store the second picture data correlated with the first picture data;
• and
• correlating the second picture data created with the first picture data and storing the second picture data in the memory.

A picture recording method comprising the steps of

• storing first picture data in a memory;
• judging whether the memory stores second picture data having fewer data amount than the first picture data correlated with the first picture data;
• having a display section display the second picture data when it is judged that the memory stores the second picture data correlated with the first picture data;
• and
• giving a notification when it is judged that the memory does not store the second picture data correlated with the first picture data.