of view of the three photographed images transmitted via the communication medium 150 it records the read information on the images as an image a in the frame memory 201 1 as an image b in the frame memory 201 2 and as an image c in the frame memory 201 3 in the case where the recording medium 103 is detachable the recording medium 103 may be removed from the camera 100 and inserted in a mounting section of the panoramic image synthesizing apparatus 200 so that the internal information can be read by the image information reading section 202 in this case the communication medium 150 is unnecessary the header information relating to the angle of view read from the recording medium is transmitted to the angle of view calculating section 204 the angle of view calculating section 204 calculates the angle of view of each image by means of the following equations based on the information relating to the angle of view i e the diagonal length of the ccd and the focal length of the lens 1 in the case of a horizontal image angle ue89e ue89e of ue89e ue89e view 2 u00d7 tan 1 ue8a0 diagonal ue89e ue89e length ue89e ue89e of ue89e ue89e ccd 2 u00d7 focal ue89e ue89e length ue89e ue89e of ue89e ue89e lens u00d7 1 h 2 w 2 2 in the case of a vertical image angle ue89e ue89e of ue89e ue89e view 2 u00d7 tan 1 ue8a0 diagonal ue89e ue89e length ue89e ue89e of ue89e ue89e ccd 2 u00d7 focal ue89e ue89e length ue89e ue89e of ue89e ue89e lens u00d7 1 w 2 h.