Video camera with aperture blade

1. A video camera that displays a moving image of an object photographed by an image sensor in a real time fashion, and records into a recording medium a still image of said object photographed by said image sensor in a desired timing, comprising:

an aperture blade for adjusting an amount of an incident light into said image sensor by moving toward a direction perpendicular to a light axis;

a restricting member for restricting a moving amount of said aperture blade in order to define a minimum F number;

a prohibitor for prohibiting a setting of said minimum F number when displaying said moving image; and

an allower for allowing a setting of said minimum F number when recording said moving image.

2. A video camera according to claim 1 , wherein

said aperture blade has a hole extending to a moving direction, and

said restricting member has a protruding portion engaged with said hole.

3. A video camera according to claim 1 , further comprising a motor for transmitting power to said aperture blade.

4. A video camera, comprising:

an aperture blade for adjusting an amount of an incident light into an image sensor by moving toward a direction perpendicular to a light axis;

a restricting member for restricting a moving amount of said aperture blade in order to define an opening terminal corresponding to a minimum F number;

an optimum F number calculator for calculating an optimum F number that defines an optimum exposure amount when an exposure adjusting instruction is applied;

an exposure time period specifier for specifying an exposure time period that defines in cooperation with said optimum exposure amount said minimum F number when said optimum F number is included in a predetermined range;

an aperture blade mover for moving said aperture blade to said opening terminal when said optimum F number is included in said predetermined range;

a cutter for cutting-off an incident light into said image sensor by completely closing said aperture blade in a timing according to said exposure time period when a recording instruction is applied after said exposure time period adjusting instruction; and

a recorder for recording a still image signal outputted from said image sensor after a cutting-off by said cutter.

5. A video camera according to claim 4 , wherein said cutter includes a transmitter for transmitting power to said aperture blade, and said predetermined range is present in the vicinity of said minimum F number.

6. A video camera according to claim 5 , wherein

said aperture blade has a hole extending toward a moving direction, and

said restricting member has a protruding portion engaged with said hole.

7. A video camera, comprising:

an image sensor for generating an image signal corresponding to an optical image irradiated onto a light-receiving surface;

an aperture blade for adjusting an incident light amount into said image sensor by moving toward a direction perpendicular to a light axis;

a first calculator for calculating an optimum F number of said aperture blade based on said image signal;

a second calculator for calculating a changing amount necessary for changing the F number of said aperture blade to said optimum F number;

a determiner for determining a plurality of partial changing amounts whose summation is equal to the changing amount calculated by said second calculator; and

a changer for gradually changing the F number of said aperture blade

to only one of a first direction in which a numerical value decreases and a second direction in which the numerical value increases with reference to the plurality of partial changing amounts determined by said determiner.

8. A video camera according to claim 7 , further comprising a hole element that generates a voltage signal corresponding to the F number of said aperture blade, wherein said changer changes said F number based on the voltage signal.

9. A video camera according to claim 7 , wherein

said image sensor outputs a still image signal when a recording instruction is applied, and

said first calculator calculates said optimum F number in response to an exposure adjusting instruction, which is prior to said recording instruction.