Electronic camera for photographing and recording an image and for recording and reproducing a voice

An electronic camera for photographing and recording an image, and for recording and reproducing a voice, comprising:

• an image converting means for converting image data of photographed images to digital image signals and for outputting the converted digital image signals;
• a voice converting means for converting voices input thereto to digital sound signals and for outputting the converted digital sound signals;
• an image data compressing and expanding means for compressing and storing the output digital image signals from said image converting means and for expanding and outputting the compressed and stored digital image signals;
• a voice data compressing and expanding means for compressing and storing the digital sound signals output from said voice converting means and for expanding and outputting the compressed and stored digital sound signals;
• a single digital/analog converter for converting the output digital image signals from said image data compressing and expanding means to analog image signals and for converting the output digital sound signals from said voice data compressing and expanding means to analog sound signals;
• a sample-holding means for sampling and holding the converted analog sound signals from said single digital/analog converter and for supplying the sample-held analog sound signals to a sound signal output portion;
• a pedestal level generating means for generating signals indicative of pedestal levels on the analog image signals;
• a change-over switching means for connecting said voice data compressing and expanding means to said sample-holding means through said single digital/analog converter in order to supply the analog sound signals to said sample-holding means when said pedestal level generating means is supplying the signals indicative of pedestal levels to an image signal output portion of the electronic camera, and for connecting said image data compressing and expanding means to the image signal output portion through said single digital/analog converter in order to supply the analog image signals to the image signal output portion when said pedestal level generating means is not supplying the signals indicative of pedestal levels to the image signal output portion;
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• a system control means for controlling the operation of the electronic camera including an operation of the change-over switching means.