Image recording apparatus with selection of still image to be recorded from multi-picture display

A recording apparatus comprising:

• image pickup means;
• recording means;
• still image generating means for generating image data of a plurality of frames as still image using moving image data obtained by said image pickup means;
• memory means for storing the image data of a plurality of frames generated by said still image generating means;
• multi-picture generating means for generating multi-picture data of the image data of the plurality of frames generated by said still image generating means, by reducing in size the image data thereof, and displaying the multi-picture represented by the generated multi-picture data on a screen;
• selecting means for selecting a desired one or ones of a plurality of images included in the multi-picture displayed on the screen;
• and
• mode setting means for setting a recording mode among a plurality of recording modes including a moving image recording mode wherein said recording means records the moving image data obtained by said image pickup means on a recording medium and a still image recording mode wherein said recording means records image data representative of an image, among the plurality of images in the multi-picture displayed on the screen, selected by said selecting means on the recording medium as a still image and is inhibited to record the image data of the images, among the plurality of images in the multi-picture displayed on the screen, other than the image selected by said selecting means.