To provide a network camera and a network camera system in which an image can be securely distributed to a designated distribution recipient. A network camera system 100 connected to a communication network 130 and having a network camera 110 and a plurality of PCs 120, the network camera 110 comprising an image pickup section 111 for picking up the image, a sending and receiving section 115 for distributing the picked up image to the PC 120, an image sending monitoring section 116 for monitoring whether or not the picked up image is distributed to the designated PC 120 among the plurality of PCs 120, and an accumulation memory 119 for accumulating the picked up image when the distribution of the image to the designated PC 120 is interrupted, and the PC 120 comprising an image receiving section 121 for receiving the picked up image distributed thereto.