Patent ID: 6501912
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera for exposing latent images on successive frames of a filmstrip having magnetic recording capacity, in which an electronic image sensor forms an electronic image corresponding to the latent image on a most-recently exposed one of the film frames substantially simultaneously with exposure of the latent image on that exposed frame, a motor is actuated to incrementally advance the filmstrip forward to permit each unexposed one of the film frames to be exposed and is actuated after the final available one of the film frames is exposed to rewind the exposed film length rearward, and a magnetic head magnetically records user-selected information on the filmstrip adjacent each exposed frame, is characterized in that:a memory stores the electronic image and the information to be magnetically recorded for every one of the exposed frames; a display can show the electronic image and at least some of the information stored in said memory for any one of the exposed frames, but shows the electronic image automatically only for the final exposed one of the film frames; an exposed frame selector can be manually used to change the electronic image and the information shown in said display for any one of the exposed frames to the electronic image and the information stored in said memory for another one of the exposed frames; and a plurality of information selectors can be manually used to change the information stored in said memory for the particular one of the exposed frames that corresponds to the electronic image shown in said display, whereby the information to be magnetically recorded adjacent any one of the exposed frames can be changed before the exposed film length is rewound rearward.