CAMERA RECORDER AND DATA RECORDING MEDIUM

A camera recorder that is capable of recording and reproducing a large volume of image data at a high speed and a data recording medium that can be used for the camera recorder are provided. The camera recorder includes a camera portion 1 and a recording portion 2 for recording image data picked up by the camera portion 1 . The recording portion 2 includes an interface portion 3 for receiving the image data from the camera portion 1 , a plurality of memory cards 50 to 53 for storing the image data, and a controlling portion 4 for controlling writing of the image data to the memory cards 50 to 53 . The memory cards 50 to 53 are constituted by a flash memory, and the controlling portion 4 divides the image data received from the camera portion 1 via the interface portion 3 into blocks having a data size that is an integral multiple of a recording block of the flash memory, and records the image data to the memory cards 50 to 53 in parallel.