An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element, a transfer unit, a storage unit, a signal processing unit, a write control unit, a read control unit, and a clock generation unit. The imaging element outputs image signals. The transfer unit serially transfers the image signals by using transfer channels. The storage unit stores the image signals transferred. The signal processing unit processes the image signals stored. The write control unit controls the writing of the image signals to the storage unit, in synchronism with a first clock signal synchronous with the image signals. The read control unit controls the reading of the image signals from the storage unit, in synchronism with a second clock signal for driving the signal processing unit. The clock generation unit generates the second clock signal having a frequency that accords with an amount of data constituted by the image signals transferred.