Image pickup apparatus and method of controlling the same, and reproduction apparatus and method of controlling the same

A method of controlling an image pickup apparatus that has an image pickup unit that picks up an object to generate moving image data, and a storage unit that temporarily stores the moving image data generated by the image pickup unit, the method comprising:

• detecting one of a shooting direction of the image pickup unit and an attitude of the image pickup apparatus;
• instructing operation from an instruction unit to photograph a still image;
• reading out the moving image data traced back by a predetermined time period from a time point when still image photographing is instructed in the instructing, from the storage unit;
• and
• recording the read-out moving image data in a recording medium, wherein the recording includes recording, relatedly with the moving image data, information concerning one of the shooting direction and information concerning the attitude of the image pickup apparatus, which is detected in the detecting.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program code causing a computer to control an image pickup apparatus that includes an image pickup unit that picks up an object to generate moving image data, the storage medium storing code comprising:

• first program code means for detecting one of a shooting direction of the image pickup unit and an attitude of the image pickup apparatus;
• second program code means for temporarily storing the moving image data generated by the image pickup unit, in a storage unit;
• third program code means for instructing operation from an instruction unit to photograph a still image;
• and
• fourth program code means for reading out the moving image data traced back by a predetermined time period from a time point when still image photographing is instructed by the instruction unit, from the storage unit,
• wherein the storage medium causes the read-out moving image data to be recorded in a recording medium, such that, recorded relatedly with the moving image data, is one of information concerning the detected one of the detected shooting direction and information concerning the attitude of the image pickup apparatus.