Image capture apparatus and method of controlling the same

An image processing apparatus that stores an image into a recording medium as an image file having a predetermined file format, comprising:

• a storing unit that stores, into a recording medium, an image file in which a predetermined size of a reservation area is allocated within a recording area for attribute information complying with the predetermined image file format;
• an acquisition unit that acquires location information;
• and
• a control unit that, if predetermined time information has been stored as one attribute within the recording area in an image file stored in the recording medium, writes the location information acquired by the acquisition unit into the reservation area of the image file, and, if predetermined time information has not been stored as one attribute within the recording area in the image file, does not write the location information into the image file stored into the reservation area of the image file.

A method of controlling an image capture apparatus that stores an image captured by an image capture unit to a recording medium as an image file having a predetermined image file format, comprising:

• storing, into a recording medium, an image file in which a predetermined size of a reservation area is allocated within a recording area for attribute information complying with the predetermined image file format;
• acquiring location information;
• if predetermined time information has been stored as one attribute within the recording area in an image file stored in the recording medium, writing the acquired location information into the reservation area of the image file;
• and
• if predetermined time information has not been stored as one attribute within the recording area in the image file, not writing the location information into the image file stored into the reservation area of the image file.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when loaded and executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute a method of controlling an image capture apparatus that stores an image captured by an image capture unit to a recording medium as an image file having a predetermined image file format, the method comprising:

• storing, into a recording medium, an image file in which a predetermined size of a reservation area is allocated within a recording area for attribute information complying with the predetermined image file format;
• acquiring location information;
• if predetermined time information has been stored as one attribute within the recording area in an image file stored in the recording medium, writing the acquired location information into the reservation area of the image file;
• and
• if predetermined time information has not been stored as one attribute within the recording area in the image file, not writing the location information into the image file stored into the reservation area of the image file.