Televison camera and remote-controllable video signal recording/reproducing apparatus

摘要

A remote-control unit for producing operating mode-control signals of a video signal recording/reproducing apparatus is detachably attached to the body of a television camera. The output signals of the remote-control unit are fed via wires included in the camera body to some wires of a television camera cable which is connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus when using the camera. The output signals of the remote-control unit may be applied via its cable or via conductors attached to the housing of the unit to the camera. A wireless remote-control unit arranged to emit light rays may be attached to the camera body so that the light rays are received by a photosensitive element provided to the camera. In order that the remote-control unit may be used together with and independently of the camera, the pins of a remote-control unit cable jack of the recording/reproducing apparatus are connected to some pins of a camera cable jack of the apparatus. A remote-control device may be built in the camera body when detachability is unnecessary.