ENCODING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGING SYSTEM

Disclosed herein is an encoding apparatus including: an encoding execution block configured to encode moving image data in accordance with setting; and a setting block configured to make setting for the encoding execution block to execute the encoding. If an image of the moving image data is darker than usual, the setting block makes the setting so as to decrease a code amount of the darker image of the moving image data, and the encoding execution block encodes the darker image of the moving image data in accordance with the setting for decreasing the code amount of the darker image.