Abstract: An automatic mode setting method and a photographing apparatus using the same are disclosed. The automatic mode setting method of the photographing apparatus includes judging the type of recording medium, setting a recording mode by a recording mode corresponding to the type of recording medium, and converting a photographed image into a format adapted to the set recording mode to record onto the recording medium.

Abstract: A video camera that displays movement speed and hand wobble to allow a photographer to perform a stable photographing operation. The video camera detects up and down movement and left and right movement. The video camera discerns a detection signal as hand wobble when the detection signal is a periodic waveform having a predetermined frequency component, and discerns the detection signal as camera movement when the detection signal is a waveform having a constant amplitude without a frequency component. The video camera discriminates whether the detected hand wobble and movement speed are equal or greater than a reference value and a reference speed, respectively, and displays the hand wobble and movement speed quantitatively on a monitor, such as an electronic viewfinder. The video camera also displays a warning message to make the photographer recognize a current photographing state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for displaying information corresponding to effective keys for changing the operation mode of a camcorder on the screen of the camcorder. The apparatus of the present invention includes a control circuit which checks present key signals input to the camcorder, determines whether the key signal can be operated to change operation from a present operating mode to a next operating mode, and displays information representing all of the effective keys which may be operated to change the operation mode of the camcorder from the present play mode on an electronic viewfinder and/or a monitor when the input key signal corresponds to a function which cannot proceed the present operating mode. Accordingly, the present invention provides the convenience of user's operation by displaying effective keys capable of proceeding from a present operating mode to a next operating mode.