Image pick-up apparatus for recording when recording medium is moved at

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus for use in, for example, a camera, includes an image pickup device, an image pickup operation start switch, a recorder, a detector, an image pickup driver, and a controller. The image pickup device can be a CCD for converting an optical image to an electric signal. The image pickup operation start switch starts an image pickup operation in response to a manual operation. The recorder performs a predetermined signal processing of an electric signal provided by the image pickup device and records the processed electric signal on a recording medium driven with a predetermined speed. The detector detects whether a stable speed state of the recording medium is attained. The image pickup driver drives the image pickup device on the basis of a first reference signal for regular image pickup or a second reference signal corresponding to an operation state of the recorder. The controller causes the image pickup device to be driven by using the first reference signal in response to the operation by the image pickup operation start switch. The controller also causes the image pickup device to be driven by using the second reference signal after it is detected on the basis of an output of the detector that a predetermined stable speed state of the recording medium is attained, when the recorder is operated.