Abstract: A video camera has a body with an imager therein for providing a video signal in response to the projection of a light image thereon by a selected exchangeable lens device removably mounted on the camera body, and first and second computers in the camera body and lens device, respectively, which are programmed so that, in an initial communication sequence therebetween after the selected lens device is mounted on the camera body, the second microcomputer transmits optical characteristic data for the respective lens device to the first microcomputer in response to a data transmission request signal from the latter, and further so that, in a control communication sequence which follows the initial communication sequence, the first microcomputer transmits a control signal to the second microcomputer on the basis of the received optical characteristic data and a controlled status signal supplied to the first microcomputer from the second microcomputer.

Abstract: A video signal reproducing apparatus includes a field memory for storing one field of a reproduced video signal, a signal separator for extracting a horizontal sync pulse signal and a vertical sync pulse signal from the reproduced video signal, and an address counter responsive to the horizontal sync pulse signal for addressing the field memory. The apparatus in addition includes a pseudo signal generator and a reset signal generator. The pseudo signal generator is for producing a pseudo vertical sync pulse signal delayed relative to the vertical sync pulse signal. The reset signal generator is connected to the vertical sync pulse separator and the pseudo signal generator for producing a reset signal to reset the address counter. The reset signal generator normally uses the vertical sync pulse signal to produce the reset signal, but uses the pseudo vertical sync pulse signal to produce the reset signal when a vertical sync pulse is not obtained from the vertical sync pulse separator.

Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus wherein the video signal is time base expanded and separated into two channels before being recorded with a two headed recorder on two separate channels of a magnetic medium and wherein during reproduction the two channels from the magnetic medium are supplied to a time base corrector which supplies an output to a channel mixing and time base compressor which converts the two channels into a single output signal. A burst generator inserts burst signals into the two channels before they are recorded.