Method and apparatus for displaying successively captured images

A digital image processing apparatus comprising:

• an image capturing unit that captures a plurality of images and converts the plurality of images into image data;
• a storage unit that stores the image data;
• a successive capturing information generating unit that adds successive capturing photographing information to image data of a group of images that are successively captured by the image capturing unit;
• a display unit that displays an image representing the image data;
• a user input unit that generates an input signal when an input is received from a user;
• and
• an image display control unit that individually and sequentially displays the plurality of images and when a first image of the successively captured images group is displayed during a single image display mode:
• displays, before the user input unit receives any input from a user, a notification indicating a beginning of the successively captured images group that is triggered solely by displaying the first image of the successively captured images group during the single image display mode;
• prompts a user whether to display the successively captured images group in a slide show mode;
• and
• if the slide show mode is selected, displays successively captured images of the successively captured images group, each obtained by a single successive capturing photographing operation, on the display unit at predetermined time intervals based on the successive capturing photographing information included in the image data, and
• if the slide show mode is not selected, the image display control unit continues individually and sequentially displaying the plurality of images,
• wherein, during the slide show mode, a portion of the successively captured images is enlarged and sequentially displayed.