Patent ID: 6426777
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A hybrid camera selectively using either a photographic film or a photoelectric-conversion-type image sensor to record an incidental optical objective image, obtained through a photographing optical system, said hybrid camera comprising:a movable assembly which is shiftable along an optical axis, defined by said photographing optical system, between a first photographing position and a second photographing position, said movable assembly carrying said photographic film and said photoelectric-conversion-type image sensor; and a driver which selectively drives said movable assembly such that said movable assembly is positioned at either said first photographing position or said second photographing position, wherein an image-recording area of said photographic film is placed on an image-forming plane, defined by said photographing optical system, when said movable assembly is positioned at said first photographing position by said driver, and an image-sensing area of said photoelectric-conversion-type image sensor is placed on the image-forming plane of said photographing optical system when said movable assembly is positioned at said second photographing position by said driver.