To automatically transmit image data to be transmitted to an opposite side in a state corresponding to a line connection state of a connection line, thereby simplifying a transmission procedure such as complicated setting.

In an electronic camera, image data obtained by an imaging means are recorded in a recording medium, the connection state of the line to a connection line terminal for transmitting or receiving image data with outside is discriminated, control is performed for communication including communication for transmitting at least image data in correspondence to the discrimination result and enabling a transmission destination side to record the image data.