Patent ID: 6600880
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A photographic camera for a cartridge type of a photographic film having a cartridge, a film strip, an effective exposure area on the film strip, and holes on one marginal area along an edge of the film strip, the camera comprising:a camera body; a first housing provided in the camera body to accommodate the cartridge; a second housing provided in the camera body to accommodate the photographic film fed from the cartridge, wherein the photographic film has a leading edge formed in a straight line for automatic loading; a film feeding device provided in the camera body to feed the photographic film between the first housing and the second housing; a hole detector provided between the first housing and the second housing to detect a hole; an exposure device provided between the first housing and the second housing to expose an image of a subject on the effective exposure area of the photographic film, wherein an exposing area of the exposure device has a ratio of 9:16; a recording device provided between the first housing and the second housing to record aspect ratio information selected by a selector switch; and a control device provided in the camera body to control the film feeding device in response to the hole detector, wherein a center of the exposing area of the exposure device is located on a center of the effective exposure area being indicated by the hole.