Photographing apparatus and method of controlling the same

A method of controlling a photographing apparatus, the method comprising:

• outputting image data from an imaging device;
• interpolating the image data and storing the result as motion picture data in a memory;
• encoding the motion picture data in the memory;
• determining if a request to take a still image is received;
• when a request for a still image is received, substantially stopping the encoding of the motion picture data in the memory while continuing the outputting, interpolating and storing, and storing the image data in the memory as the still image;
• and
• after storing the still image is complete, restarting the encoding of the motion picture data in the memory.

A photographing apparatus, comprising:

• an imaging device configured to output image data;
• a camera processor, configured to pass the image data to a bayer unit for capturing motion picture data when taking a moving picture, and configured to both pass the image data to a bayer unit and store the image data in a memory when taking a moving picture and capturing a still image;
• the bayer unit, configured to interpolate the image data and store the result as motion picture data in the memory;
• an mpeg encoder, configured to encode motion picture data stored in the memory;
• the memory having a fixed bandwidth;
• and
• a host CPU, configured to determine if a request to take a still image is received, and when a request for a still image is received, configured to substantially stop the mpeg encoder from encoding the motion picture data, and configured to control the imaging device to continue to output image data, and configured to control the camera processor to pass the image data to the bayer unit and to store the image data in the memory as the still image, and configured to control the bayer unit to interpolate the image data and store the result as motion picture data, and configured to control the mpeg encoder to continue to encode the motion picture data, after storing the still image is complete.