VIDEO CAMERA WITH OPTICAL ZOOM MECHANISM AND PICTURE STABILIZER

摘要

A video camera including an optical zoom mechanism and an electronic zoom circuit which is used at a time that a magnification of the optical zoom mechanism reaches a limit thereof or a time that a picture stabilization is to be performed. If a magnification of an electronic zoom is smaller than "1.2" at a timing when a stabilization switch is turned-on, a microcomputer not only gradually increases an electronic zoom magnification up to "1.2" and but also gradually decreases an optical zoom magnification. If the magnification of the electronic zoom is smaller than "1.2" at a timing when the stabilization switch is turned-off, the microcomputer gradually decreases the electronic zoom magnification to an electronic zoom magnification of a timing when the stabilization switch is turned-on, and gradually increases the optical zoom magnification. Thus, a sudden change of a view angle due to a change of the electronic zoom magnification is suppressed.