Recording apparatus, its control method and program, and imaging apparatus having the recording apparatus

A control method of controlling an imaging apparatus including an image pickup unit and a lighting unit, comprising the steps of:

• recording moving image data obtained by the image pickup unit into a plurality of recording medium including a first recording medium and a second recording medium, the recording step including a step of recording the moving image data into the second recording medium while recording the moving image data into the first recording medium;
• receiving a selection instruction to select one of the first recording medium and the second recording medium and a recording start instruction;
• and
• controlling the lighting unit in accordance with a result of the selection caused by the selection instruction,
• wherein, in a case where the first recording medium is selected, the lighting unit is controlled in the control step so as to turn into a state different from a predetermined state in a state where recording the moving image data into the first recording medium is stopped and the moving image data is being recorded into the second recording medium, and to turn into the predetermined state in accordance with the recording start instruction to start recording the moving image data into the first recording medium during recording the moving image data into the second recording medium, and
• in a case where the second recording medium is selected, the lighting unit is controlled in the control step so as to turn into the state different from the predetermined state in a state where recording the moving image data into the second recording medium is stopped and the moving image data is being recorded into the first recording medium, and to turn into the predetermined state in accordance with the recording start instruction to start recording the moving image data into the second recording medium during recording the moving image data into the first recording medium.