To provide an image pickup device easily performing photographing in a photographic condition suitable for a photographing place and a photographic situation.

A digital video camcorder 100 is provided with an infrared light receiving part 17 for receiving infrared light from an external device, a liquid crystal panel 14 and a photographic changeover switch 21 for switching a plurality of photographic modes. The photographic mode changeover switch 21 has a mode (auto navigation mode) for setting a photographic condition on the basis of received photographing information by using external communication. When the photographic mode changeover switch 21 selects the auto navigation mode, the liquid crystal display 14 displays a date when acquired data is acquired, a title of the acquired data, actual acquired data and the like. A digital video camcorder B set in the auto navigation mode acquires photographing information such as white balance, a shutter speed or the like of a digital video camcorder A from the digital video camcorder A photographing in a manual mode by infrared communication.