Full frame recirculating imaging device having a field sequential output

An electronic still camera for recording successive fields of a video frame from a still exposure of two interlaced fields, said camera comprising:

• an imaging device having a two-dimensional array of photosensitive elements corresponding to a pair of interlaced fields;
• means for simultaneously exposing both fields of photosensitive elements to image light so that image charge information is generated in respective elements;
• first and second output means for storing adjacent lines of image information, each line belonging to a respective field;
• means for transferring adjacent lines of image information from said imaging device to said first and second output means;
• means for recirculating line information in said first output means to an input of said imaging device;
• record processing means including a record channel for processing image information from said imaging device;
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• means for providing line information in said second output means to said record processing means whereby the line information provided to the record channel constitutes successive fields of a still video frame.