Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof

An image capturing apparatus comprising:

• an interface configured to connect to an external apparatus;
• a transmitting unit configured to transmit image data to an external apparatus connected by the interface;
• a processing unit configured to encode the image data with a predetermined format;
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• a memory and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit to perform operations of the following units:
• a determination unit configured to determine whether the image data is to be saved or to be displayed in the external apparatus;
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• a control unit configured to switch, based on the determination result, between processing for transmitting image data and decoding information for decoding the image data to the external apparatus and processing for transmitting an image file in which image data including the decoding information is encoded to the external apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as an image capturing apparatus comprising:

• an interface configured to connect to an external apparatus;
• a transmitting unit configured to transmit image data to an external apparatus connected by the interface;
• a processing unit configured to encode the image data with a predetermined format;
• a determination unit configured to determine whether or not image data to be encoded by the processing unit includes decoding information for decoding the image data;
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• a control unit configured to switch, based on the determination result, between processing for transmitting image data encoded by the processing unit and the decoding information to the external apparatus and processing for transmitting an image file in which image data including the decoding information is encoded to the external apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as an image capturing apparatus comprising:

• an interface configured to connect to an external apparatus;
• a transmitting unit configured to transmit image data to an external apparatus connected by the interface;
• a processing unit configured to encode the image data with a predetermined format;
• a determination unit configured to determine whether the image data is to be saved or to be displayed in the external apparatus;
• and
• a control unit configured to switch, based on the determination result, between processing for transmitting image data and decoding information for decoding the image data to the external apparatus and processing for transmitting an image file in which image data including the decoding information is encoded to the external apparatus.