Patent ID: 6038011
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A photographic printing method for printing an image frame on a photosensitive material, the image frame being placed on a photographic film by a camera which records photographing data on a recording medium upon photographing, said method comprising the steps of:(a) memorizing a plurality of conversion systems for converting the photographic data into data codes that can be used for printing, each of the conversion systems being prepared for one of a plurality of recording formats of the photographing data on the recording medium;(b) recording index data along with the photographic data on the recording medium, the index data indicating the recording format of the photographic data corresponding thereto;(c) reading the index data and the photographic data when printing;(d) selecting one of the conversion systems corresponding to the index data;(e) converting the photographic data read according to the one of the conversion systems selected to produce converted photographing data;(f) obtaining photometric values from the image frame; and(g) determining a print-exposure amount based on the converted photographing data and the photometric values.