US Patent 7324141 Image sensing apparatus and data processing method used therein

An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensor that performs image sensing in response to an inputted image sensing instruction, a recording medium that stores a sensed image, and a controller that controls to record on the recording medium the sensed image in a first format instead of a second format, different from the first format, which is designated in advance when a format change instruction is designated by a user within a predetermined period after sensing the image.