Recording and reproducing apparatus comprising recording means for recording input image signal or which automatically reviews and produces record images, a reproducing system for use with a recording device recording an image input signal, an apparatus for use with a recording and reproducing system which continuously records a plurality of images, and a reproducing method

A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:

• recording means for recording an input image signal on a recording medium;
• output means for outputting an image corresponding to the image signal recorded on the recording medium;
• means for changing said apparatus among a first recording mode in which a single image is recorded and a second recording mode in which a plurality of images are recorded at a predetermined time interval;
• record instruction means for providing an instruction for operation of said recording means, said record instruction means having a first state in which a user is operating said record instruction means, and a second state in which a user is not operating the record instruction means;
• and
• control means for controlling said recording means in response to changing of said record instruction means from the second state to the first state in the first recording mode, and for operating said output means and reproducing the immediately previously recorded image signal as long as said record instruction means is in the first state with the user continually operating said record instruction means, and stopping the reproduction in response to said record instruction means transitioning from the first state to the second state, and for making said output means inoperative upon a beginning of the second recording mode.