To attain both the suppression in power consumption and sure recording of information from an external apparatus to be compatible in a photographic apparatus which are provided with a power saving function and capable of connecting the external apparatus.

The photographic apparatus is provided with a means, having a half-depression timer invalidation mode for shifting a normal power consumption mode to a low power consumption mode, when no operation is performed and signal is not inputted from an electrically connected external apparatus (GPS), within the previously set prescribed time; and a half-depression timer validation mode for shifting the normal power consumption mode to the low power consumption mode, when no operation is executed, even if a signal is inputted from the external apparatus, and selecting and setting which mode out from among these modes is used for control from a setup menu SCR.