The invention provides an electronic device and an image acquisition method. The electronic apparatus includes: a communication means for communicating with an external apparatus; a control means for instructing the external apparatus through the communication means based on the battery residual capacity of the external apparatus communicated by the communication means, the avail capacity of a storage medium and at least either one of the battery residual capacity of the electronic apparatus and the avail capacity of the storage medium; and a display device for displaying image data sent from the external apparatus to perform pairing with the external apparatus.