Image capturing apparatus, image capturing system, control method therefor, and storage medium

An image capturing system comprising an image capturing apparatus and an image processing apparatus, wherein:

• the image capturing apparatus includes:
• an image sensing unit including an image sensor and configured to capture an image by photoelectric converting an optical image formed on an imaging surface and output an image signal;
• a first image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the image signal;
• a first determination unit configured to determine shooting parameters, corresponding to the image processing by the first image processing unit, to be used at a time of capturing the image by the image sensing unit;
• and
• a first communication unit configured to perform transmission and reception of information with the image processing apparatus,
• wherein the first image processing unit, the first determination unit, and the first communication unit are implemented by first one or more processors, and
• the image processing apparatus includes:
• a second communication unit configured to perform transmission and reception of information with the image capturing apparatus;
• a second image processing unit configured to perform image processing on an image signal received from outside;
• and
• a second determination unit configured to determine a change amount of at least one of the shooting parameters, corresponding to the image processing by the second image processing unit based on information received from the image capturing apparatus,
• wherein the second communication unit, the second image processing unit, and the second determination unit are implemented by second one or more processors.

A control method of an image capturing apparatus, the control method comprising:

• capturing an image by photoelectric converting an optical image formed on an imaging surface and outputting an image signal;
• and
• setting shooting parameters to be used at a time of capturing the image,
• wherein different shooting parameters to be used at the time of capturing the image are set between in a case where it is possible to perform image processing on the image signal by an external image processing apparatus and in a case where it is not possible to perform image processing on the image signal by the external image processing apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that is executable by a computer, wherein the program includes program code for causing the computer to perform a control method of an image capturing apparatus, the control method comprising:

• capturing an image by photoelectric converting an optical image formed on an imaging surface and outputting an image signal;
• and
• setting shooting parameters to be used at a time of capturing the image,
• wherein different shooting parameters to be used at the time of capturing the image are set between in a case where it is possible to perform image processing on the image signal by an external image processing apparatus and in a case where it is not possible to perform image processing on the image signal by the external image processing apparatus.