An imaging apparatus incorporating a plurality of scene modes is provided with: an automatic appropriate mode determining portion that, while shooting of a moving image is in progress, automatically determines at least one scene mode appropriate for a shooting scene of the moving image; and a scene mode comparison portion that compares a currently selected scene mode with the at least one scene mode automatically determined by the automatic appropriate scene mode determining portion, and that thereby confirms whether or not the currently selected scene mode corresponds to any one of the at least one scene mode automatically determined by the automatic appropriate scene mode determining portion.