A video signal processing circuit (33) that subjects an image pickup signal obtained by picking up an image of a subject to image processing to generate a video signal, an observation OSD generating circuit (36) that provides observation additional information to the video signal to generate an observation video signal, a recording OSD generating circuit (37) that provides recording additional information to the video signal to generate a recording video signal, and a keyboard (8) and a CPU (31) that set an item to be provided to the video signal as the recording additional information are provided.
