It is an object of the present invention to provide an image capturing
apparatus which can easily acquire a sound proper for a captured image.
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing position
detecting unit for detecting the position where an image capturing unit
captures an image, a recording unit for recording a sound around the
image capturing unit, a voice judging unit for judging whether or not the
sound recorded by the recording unit includes a human voice, a sound
acquiring unit for acquiring the sound recorded by the recording unit in
case the voice judging unit judges that a human voice is included and
acquiring a sound which a sound database stores correspondingly to the
position detected by the image capturing position detecting unit in case
the voice judging unit judges that no human voice is included, and an
image and sound storing unit for storing the image captured by the image
capturing unit and the sound acquired by the sound acquiring unit in a
corresponding manner.