Abstract: A video camera comprising a body with a handgrip attached to one side thereof is disclosed. The handgrip accommodates a automatic focus adjusting mechanism, which effects automatic focus adjustment of an image focusing optical system for focusing an image of an object on an image pick-up plane by emitting measuring light from a light emitting section and measuring the distance of the object from a lens by detecting the measuring light reflected by the object in a light receiving section. Either the center of the measuring light emitted from the light emitting section or the center of the measuring light incident on the light receiving section coincides with the optical axis of an image pick-up optical system.

Abstract: A reel assembly includes a flexible tape drawing member with a required length, a connecting means connected to the top end of the flexible tape drawing member and a reel hub with at least one cut-out portion. Another tape-like member is connected to the flexible tape drawing member through the connecting means. When the flexible tape drawing member and the tape-like member are wound around the reel hub on the automatic loading operation of a VTR or tape recorder, the connecting means is led into the cut-out portion. Therefore, the tape-like member can be orderly wound in circle around the reel hub without wrinkling.