Still video camera with continuous picture-taking mode

Abstract

When a disc pack containing a magnetic disc is loaded in a still video camera, all tracks on the magnetic disc are searched to determine whether each track has been recorded on or is blank, and the results of the search are stored in memory. If a continuous picture-taking mode has been set, the magnetic head is fed forwardly from a home position and is positioned on a track next to the last track recorded on. Since all of the remaining tracks from the track at which the head has been positioned to the final track of the disc will be blank, feeding of the magnetic head during the continuous picture-taking operation is simplified. In other words, in the continuous picture-taking mode, it will suffice merely to feed the head one track at a time each time a still picture is taken.