There are provided an imaging apparatus and a video camera which allow an image
being recorded and an image being reproduced to be easily discriminated from each
other when an already recorded image signal is reproduced while a photographed
image signal is being recorded. A recording section records an image signal obtained
by an image pickup section on a randomly accessible recording medium, and a reproducing
section is capable of reproducing an image signal recorded at a random location
on the recording medium while the image signal is being recorded on the recording
medium by the recording section. The recording section and the reproducing section
are controlled such that the image signal recorded at a random location on the
recording medium can be reproduced while the image signal obtained by the image
pickup section is being recorded. A first display means and a second display means
are controlled such that either the first display means or the second display means
displays a first image according to the image signal obtained by the image pickup
section while the other displays a second image according to the reproduced image signal.
