External recording indicators

A device, comprising:

• a camera configured to capture video, the camera comprising:
• an image sensor;
• and
• a lens barrel comprising one or more refractive lens elements configured to refract light received from an object field to form an image at an image plane at a surface of the image sensor;
• an optical element positioned in front of the lens barrel;
• and
• a recording indicator comprising one or more light sources;
• memory for recording video captured by the camera when a recording mode is enabled;
• wherein the recording indicator is configured to emit light into the optical element when the recording mode is enabled;
• and
• wherein the optical element is configured to redirect the light emitted by the recording indicator towards the object field, wherein the redirected light is visible within a field of view of the camera when the recording mode is enabled, and wherein the optical element is a prism and the light emitted passes through the prism, wherein a first surface of the prism faces the object field, a third surface of the prism faces the lens barrel of the camera.