Patent ID: 6266487
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G03B,G11B

Abstract:
A camera which determines whether a film cartridge loaded in said camera is a partial cartridge, containing photographic film having an exposed frame and an unexposed frame, or not, and feeds the photographic film from the loaded film cartridge up to a first unexposed frame if determining that the loaded film cartridge is the partial cartridge; said camera comprising:temperature measuring means for measuring temperature within said camera;determination means for determining whether the temperature within the camera measured by said temperature measuring means is less than a predetermined reference temperature effecting a speed at which the photographic film is feeding; andprohibiting means for prohibiting photographing using the loaded film cartridge if said determination means determines that the temperature within said camera is less than the predetermined reference temperature and the loaded film cartridge is determined as being the partial cartridge;wherein said prohibiting means does not prohibit photographing if the film cartridge which is loaded in the camera is not a partial film cartridge, even though the temperature within the camera is determined as below said reference temperature.