Patent ID: 7362961

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: an image pickup, that generates an electrical image signal in response to an object image; temporary storage, arranged to receive and to store the electrical image signal; a recording unit, arranged to receive image information read out from said temporary storage, and which records and stores that image information; a power supply being comprised of a battery and being arranged to supply power to said image pickup, said temporary storage and said recording unit; a user-operated switch unit arranged to operate said power supply; and a control unit, separate from said switch unit, that controls the power supplied by said power supply in accordance with the operation of said switch unit such that, on operation of said switch unit, said control unit initially causes said power supply to simultaneously supply power to said temporary storage and to stop power to said recording unit, wherein the supply of power to said recording unit is stopped at least until transfer of the electrical image signal is begun to said temporary storage, and then subsequently to cause said power supply to supply power to said recording unit before transfer of said electrical image signal to said temporary storage is complete.