DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA SYSTEM HAVING TWO MICROPHONES

A digital video camera system comprising image capture and an image recording units. The image capture unit includes an image sensor for capturing a digital video signal, an optical system for forming an image of a scene onto the image sensor, a first microphone, and a first wireless communication system. The image recording unit includes a second wireless communication system, a second microphone, an image display, a user interface including user controls, and a program memory storing instructions to implement a method for capturing a digital video sequence in response to user activation of a user control. The method includes wirelessly receiving a digital video signal from the image capture unit, displaying the received digital video signal on the image display, recording an audio signal from the microphones, and storing the received digital video signal and the recorded audio signal.