Patent ID: 6029016
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera into which a cartridge containing a film having a magnetic recording part for each frame of the film is loaded and which, after performing a photographing action on each frame to bring a plurality of frames into an exposed state, records magnetic information in the magnetic recording part of each of the exposed frames, said camera comprising:a) a determination circuit for determining whether or not magnetic information is recorded in the magnetic recording part of each frame while the film is being transported;b) a computation portion for providing information of a frame number with respect to a boundary position between an unexposed frame and an exposed frame on the basis of determination results of the determination circuit;c) a memorization portion of memorizing the information of the frame number;d) photographing control means for performing photographing on each of unexposed frames in accordance with a result of determination provided by said determination means; ande) recording control means for controlling as to up to which frame the recording should be effected on the basis of the frame number information memorized in the memorization portion and for recording magnetic information in the magnetic recording part of each frame photographed by the photographing control means.