Patent ID: 7805059

Claim:
An image pick-up apparatus comprising recording means for recording, onto an optical recording medium, a moving picture video signal and a still picture video signal which are obtained by image pick-up means, the recording means comprising area management means for performing management of remaining capacities of at least a first recording area for recording the moving picture video signal and a second recording area for recording the still picture video signal on the optical recording medium, whereby in the case where it is detected that remaining capacity of one of the first and second recording areas has become equal to zero, the area management means serves to: compare the remaining capacity of the other one of the first and second recording areas with a predetermined extension size, and if the remaining capacity of the other one of the first and second recording areas is larger than the predetermined extension size, assign an area having a size equal to the predetermined extension size in the other one of the first and second recording areas to the one of the first and second recording areas where the remaining capacity has become equal to zero to thereby extend the one of the first and second recording areas to allow occupation ratio of the first and second recording areas to be variable, thus to perform management of remaining capacities of the first and second recording areas by the area management means to record, by the recording means, the moving picture video signal and the still picture video signal which are obtained by the image pick-up means into different recording areas on the optical recording medium.