Recording method of still video apparatus

DETAILED DESCRIPTION To achieve the object mentioned above, according to the basic concept of the present invention, if the image release operation is effected in the AV record mode during the receipt of the sound signals, the receipt of the sound signals is slopped and the image signals picked-up by the image release operation are recorded.
The sound signals received up until the image release operation are then recorded on the recording medium.
If the image release operation is effected without receiving the sound signals, the image signals are recorded and the mode is transferred to the sound receipt waiting (standby) mode in which the control waits for the sound release in the AV record mode.
If the sound release operation is effected while in the waiting mode, the received sound signals are recorded on the area of the recording medium corresponding to the area in which the image signals are recorded.
If the image release operation is effected while in the waiting mode without effecting the sound release operation, the sound signals are not recorded on the area corresponding to the image signals recorded immediately before the transfer to the waiting mode.
In this case, the image signals can be recorded on the adjacent area, so that the mode is transferred to the waiting mode.
If an operation other than the sound release operation or the image release operation is effected while in the waiting mode, the sound signals preferably are not recorded on the area corresponding to the recorded image signals and the waiting mode is released.
According to the present invention, since the sound signals received before the image release operation are recorded to correspond to the image signals, the sound signals are free from adverse influence caused upon image releasing.
Furthermore, since the mode is automatically transferred to the sound receipt waiting mode when the image release operation is effected before the sound signals are received, an operator can record the necessary sound signals any time after the image signals are recorded without modifying the mode (so-called "after-recording")