The present invention provides an electronic device and a method used for the electronic device. The electronic device comprises a display unit for displaying; a communication unit capable of communicating with an external device, the external device including a processing unit that stores image data captured by an image capture unit into a storage medium; and a control unit, wherein: when the communication unit is in communication with the external device, the control unit receives image data having been captured by the image capture unit before communication between the communication unit and the external device was established, controls the display unit to display a reproduction image according to the image data thus received and performs a copy process to copy the received image data; and when the communication unit is not in communication with the external device, the control unit controls the display unit so as not to display a reproduction image according to image data that is not copied through the copy process.