Photographing apparatus of performing communication and method thereof

The image pickup apparatus and its control method capable of communicating is available. The recording apparatus also in the way and to perform photographing, and can perform communication with external devices, can be saved with the recorded data received from the external video device. Moreover, to store data received from an external unit in the form of metadata associated with the video image during reproduction makes it possible to play allows more vibrant the data received from the external device. Imaging, the text data, the short-range wireless communications, and long-range wireless communication