Patent ID: 6359649
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A video camera capable of photographing a moving image and a still image through a common photographic optical lens system, comprising:video image recording means for recording photographed moving-image information on a first recording medium; still image recording means for recording photographed still-image information on a second recording medium; display means for displaying, on a screen, a moving image corresponding to the moving-image information recorded by said video image recording means and a still image corresponding to the still-image information recorded by said still image recording means; operating means for instructing photographing and recording operations; and control means for controlling said video image recording means, said still image recording means and said display means on the basis of operations of said operating means, said control means for causing said display means to display the moving image and not to display a still image on the screen in the case that said operating means is not operated, and to simultaneously display the moving image and the still image on the screen in response to a first operation of said operating means, and causing said still image recording means to record a still image corresponding to the still image displayed on the screen on the second recording medium in response to a second operation of said operating means and then to stop displaying the still image on the screen after a completion of the recording operation of the still image.