Patent ID: 6442349
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera comprising:a camera body adapted to receive any one of a plurality of film cartridges; a memory in said camera body separate from a film cartridge in the camera body; setting means for setting a type of photographing data to be stored in said memory; type information storing means for storing into said memory the information relating to the type of the photographing data preset by said setting means; photographing data storing means for storing into said memory the photographing data of the type preset by said setting means; identification information storing means for storing into said memory the information relating to the identification of a film in response to a rewind operation of the film; remaining memory capacity detection means for detecting a remaining memory capacity of said memory capable of storing data; capacity determination means for determining whether a sum of a memory capacity necessary to store the data of the type preset by said setting means and a memory capacity necessary to store the film identification information is larger than the remaining memory capacity or not; and inhibit means for inhibiting the storing of the photographing data into said memory when said capacity determination means determines that the sum of the memory capacities is larger than the remaining memory capacity.