A video recording/reproducing apparatus combined with a camera adapted to control a target information amount according to the nature and properties of an animated image to be photographed, and a recording control method for the same are provided. A target information amount control microcomputer (7) controls an encoding and compressing apparatus (10) by a target bit rate to carry out predetermined compressive encoding on the animated image data from a filter computing unit (4) so as to create an encoded bit stream. The filter computing unit (4) is given a filter coefficient to convert the animated image data into data of a resolution that is suited for encoding.