To provide a photographic apparatus which can easily check images after shooting conditions are set when the shooting conditions set the same as those in other cameras, can be returned to the same shooting conditions as those set in the other cameras even after the shooting conditions are changed after they are once set the same as those in the other cameras, and can also check the images, operation modes, and other information of the other cameras easily.

The photographic apparatus comprises a photographic means consisting of an imaging portion and an image data storage, means for transmitting information about the stored image data, photographed images, and information about a change in setting to the other photographic apparatuses, receiving means for receiving information transmitted from the other photographic apparatuses, information recording means for recording and storing the received information, and display means for displaying the received information.