Patent ID: 6501908
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A camera, comprising:an electronic image-pickup apparatus having an electronic image-pickup element for capturing a subject image and converting the subject image to an electric image signal, a volatile memory for temporarily storing the image signal, a monitor for displaying the captured image based on an image signal stored in the volatile memory, and a nonvolatile memory for storing the image signal after subjecting the image signal stored in the volatile memory to a compressing process; a silver-salt photography apparatus for recording the subject image on a silver-salt film by exposing the silver-salt film; self-timer photography mode setup means for enabling a self-timer photography mode; and control means for causing said electronic image-pickup apparatus to perform a photography operation in synchronization with recording on the silver-salt film by means of said silver salt photography apparatus, and storing the image signal in the nonvolatile memory, said control means repeatedly causing said electronic image-pickup apparatus to capture an image and the monitor to display the image without subjecting the image signal to the compressing process and without storing the image signal in the nonvolatile memory while the self-timer photography mode is enabled by means of said self-timer photography mode setup means.