Sound-recording instant-printing film and camera therefor

Instant-printing film further comprises a magnetic sound-recording band on one end part thereof, and is installed in an instant-printing camera which has a sweeping magnetic recording/reproducing head that sweeps touching and along the magnetic sound recording band, thereby enables recording of ambient sound of the photographic scenery, or reproducing of the recorded sound while seeing the instant-printed photography.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention: 
The present invention relates to sound-recording instant-printing films and 
photographic still cameras to be used for the films. 
2. Prior Art: 
Instant-printing films comprising small bag of developing solution for each 
frame of film are known. Such films can be developed in as short a time as 
several tens of seconds to several minutes within the camera by passing 
the film through pinching rollers provided in the camera thereby breaking 
the bag and spreading the developing solution on film emulsion. During the 
developing time, the user of the camera, namely the photographer, must 
wait for development thus wasting time. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention provides a novel instant-printing film with sound 
recording media thereon and cameras therefor with which the photographer 
can take pictures and at the same time can record sound, for example, 
during waiting for the instant developing of the film. Thereby, besides 
the photographic scenery, the sound or voice around the time of or after 
the photographing can be recorded without carrying a tape recorder, but 
simply with a camera of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
The present invention relates to a sound-recording instant-printing film 
with a camera which is capable of photographing, instant-printing and 
sound-recording. 
The instant-printing film 5 in accordance with the present invention has a 
surface layer 1, a back sheet 2 and a photosensitive emulsion layer 3 
inbetween forming a composite film. A peripheral member 4 is provided on 
peripheral parts of the composite film 1-2-3, to prevent pouring-out of 
developing solution out of the film during or after a development. 
On one end part of back face of the instant-printing face is provided a bag 
6 of the developing solution for developing and printing the photograph. 
The developing solution is squeezed out of the bag by known squeezing 
roller in a camera when the film is moved in the camera for developing and 
printing. Hitherto, an end part of a face of a film, opposite to the part 
having the developing solution bag 6, have been left vacant and blank. In 
the present invention, a magnetic sound-recording band 8 is provided in 
such vacant blank space as shown in FIG. 1(a). Namely, a known magnetic 
sound-recording strip band 8, which comprises a uniform layer of a mixture 
of a synthetic resin binder and a magnetic substance powder containing 
prinicpally .gamma.-Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 (.gamma.-hematite) or iron, is formed 
at an end part 7 and on the opposite face to the side of developing 
solution bag 6 of the instant-printing film 5. A known magnetic 
orientation treatment of the magnetic substance powder (principally of 0.8 
.mu.m needle shape crystals) in the lengthwise direction of the magnetic 
strip band 8 is carried out by applying a suitable magnetic field thereto, 
and the mixture is dried to form the magnetic sound-recording strip layer. 
FIG. 2 shows another example of an instant-printing film 5, wherein a strip 
of magnetic sound-recording sheet 9 is bonded by an adhesive layer 10 on a 
blank space 7 on an end part of a face of the instant-printing film 5 
thereby to form a recording band. The magnetic sound-recording sheet 9 is 
made by forming a uniform layer of a mixture of a synthetic resin binder 
and a magnetic substance powder containing principally .gamma.-Fe.sub.2 
O.sub.3 (.gamma.-hematite) or iron on a plastic sheet. A known magnetic 
orientation treatment of the magnetic substance powder in the lengthwise 
direction of the strip sheet 9 and drying is made to form the strip sheet 
9. 
The abovementioned examples of the sound-recording instant-printing film 
has compatibility with the conventional instant-printing film, and the 
addition of the magnetic sound-recording strip sheet 9 can be made without 
changing the sizes or shapes of the conventional instant-printing film. 
The application of the magnetic sound-recording band layer or sheet of the 
present invention to the instant-printing film can be made for any 
instant-printing films of various manufactures. 
The place of forming the magnetic sound-recording band layer or sheet is 
not necessarily limited to the backside of the developing liquid bag of 
the film, but can be on the front or back at any part of face, depending 
on the configuration of the instant-printing film. For example, the 
magnetic sound-recording band can be formed on a backside face of a part 
of the peripheral frame 4 or of a soaking pad, which is for soaking 
residual developing-liquid and disposed on the opposite end of the 
developing solution bag 6 with respect to the exposure area of the film 5. 
FIG. 3(a) shows an example of a film pack case which contains a specified 
number of instant-printing films 5 shown by FIG. 1(a) and FIG. 1(b) or 
FIG. 2. The film pack case 11 has a peripheral frame 13 which contains, 
for example ten instant-printing films 5. The peripheral frame 13 has an 
oblong window 15 for exposing the magnetic sound-recording band 8 or 9 on 
the instant-printing film 5 therefrom, and a larger photographing window 
14. The instant-printing films 5 are pressed upwardly (in FIG. 3(a)) in 
the frames 13 by known spring means (not shown). A magnetic 
recording/reproducing head as shown in FIG. 5(b) slidingly touches the 
magnetic sound-recording band 8 or 9 through the oblong window 15. By 
means of providing such oblong recording window 15, recording can be made 
on the magnetic sound-recording band 8 or 9 in a dark box of the 
instant-printing camera. 
In such film pack case having the recording window 15, there may be a 
possibility of undersirable leakage of light through the recording window 
15 to the photographic film. Accordingly in a further modified example 
shown in FIG. 3(b), a light shielding cover 16 having an adhesive on the 
back face thereof is provided to cover the window, in order to prevent the 
abovementioned undesirable light leakage to the film face. Of course, the 
exposuring window 14 has a known light shielding cover at first, and 
therefore, together with the light shielding cover 16 which covers the 
recording window, the undesirable leakage of light can be prevented. The 
light shielding cover 16 is removed immediately after or during 
installation of the film pack case in the camera. Pack cases of some types 
of the instant-printing film has such easy-removable end cover 17 at the 
end part as shown in FIG. 3(d) in order to prevent light leakage from the 
film outlet at the end part of the pack case. Accordingly, by linking the 
end cover 17 and a light shielding cover 18 to each other as shown in FIG. 
3(c), the adhesively-attached light shielding cover 18 can be easily 
removed simultaneously with the end cover 17. As a result, the light 
leakage is completely prevented. 
Some other kinds of instant-printing films have a bag 20 of developing 
solution on an end part of the same face as the exposure face 19 of the 
film, as shown in FIG. 4(a). The surface of the developing solution bag 20 
is soft and does not have a fixed face, and therefore, if a magnetic 
sound-recording band is disposed on the surface of the bag, a satisfactory 
recording/reproducing of sound will be difficult. Therefore, for such type 
of instant-printing films, it is recommendable that the sound recording 
should be made after development of the film and subsequent removal of the 
developing solution bag 20. 
An example of the magnetic sound-recording strip layer for such type 
instant-printing film is shown in FIG. 4(b), wherein the magnetic 
sound-recording band 8 is disposed on the back face of the part on which 
the developing solution bag 20 is disposed. In such type of the film, the 
recording should be made after development of the film. 
Another example of the magnetic sound-recording strip layer for the type of 
the instant-printing film is that, as shown in FIG. 2, at first the 
magnetic sound-recording strip has not been formed on the film 5, and 
after the development of the film, the magnetic sound-recording strip is 
attached to a suitable part of the surface of the film. The sound 
recording can be made either before or after the development of the film 
or even before the photographing. The attachment of the magnetic 
sound-recording strip can be made either manually or mechanically. The 
instant-printing films shown in FIG. 4(b) having the magnetic 
sound-recording strip layer 8 on the back face 191 of the film can also be 
recorded by an instant-printing camera with the recording means for the 
other type films with the magnetic sound-recording band 8 on the front 
side as shown by FIG. 1(a) by installing the film in the recording 
position in inverse relation with respect to the front and back faces. 
A camera in accordance with the present invention in which the 
sound-recording instant-printing film is used to take photographs and 
record sound comprises a known photographing and instant-printing means, 
and further comprises a recording/reproducing head which moves relatively 
to and slides on the magnetic sound-recording band 8 or 9. 
FIG. 5(a) shows mechanical configuration of one example of such 
instant-printing camera which is for the instant-printing film of FIG. 
1(a). A recording/reproducing head 24 is pressed by a pressing spring 23 
against a magnetic sound-recording band 8 on an instant-printing film 21 
and is driven to sweep on the magnetic sound-recording band 8. The 
recording/reproducing head 24 is fixed to a fixing means 25, which is 
fitted into a groove 26 on a travelling screw 22. The travelling screw 22 
is mechanically linked with a drive motor 31 via a reduction means 30 
comprising gears 27, 28 and 29 so that the travelling screw 22 slowly 
rotates in accordance with the rotation of the drive motor 31 and that the 
fixing means 25 sweeps on the magnetic sound-recording band 8 in a 
horizontal direction. When the travelling screw 22 rotates in a direction 
shown by an arrow 32, the fixing means 25 moves in a horizontal direction 
shown by an arrow 33 in FIG. 5(a). 
Therefore, the recording/reproducing head 24 sweeps on the magnetic 
sound-recording band 8 from right to left. When the recording/reproducing 
head 24 reaches the left end part of the magnetic sound-recording band 8, 
a switch 35 is actuated by a left end part 34 of the fixing means 25 
thereby feeding a logic signal to a motor control circuit 45 in FIG. 6. 
Then, the motor control circuit 45 controls the rotational direction of 
the travelling screw 22 to rotate it in the opposite direction to that 
shown by the arrow 32. Accordingly, the fixing means 25 moves in the 
opposite direction to that shown by the arrow 33. When the 
recording/reproducing head 24 reaches the right end part of the magnetic 
sound-recording band 8, a switch 37 is actuated by a right end part 36 of 
the fixing means 25 and the rotational direction of the drive motor 31 is 
again inverted under the control of the motor control circuit 45. 
Similarly, the recording/reproducing head 24 reciprocatively sweeps on the 
magnetic sound-recording band 8. 
FIG. 5(b) is an enlarged view of an example of the recording/reproducing 
head 24 used in the instant-printing film camera in accordance with the 
present invention. The recording/reproducing head 24 comprises four heads. 
They are a first head 52, . . . , and a fourth head 55 from top to bottom. 
Therefore, the recording time is made four times of that a single track by 
using four recording tracks on the magnetic sound-recording band 8 by 
operatively selected in turn the respective heads among four heads 52-55 
when the recording/reproducing head 24 reciprocatively sweeps on the 
magnetic sound-recording band 8. 
Elucidation of an example of calculation is given for the recording time 
below by comparison with a micro-cassette tape under Philips standard. 
When the sound-recording is made by employing the minimum micro-cassette 
tape speed of 1.2 cm/sec. (this gives sufficient results for most 
recording items such as human voices) and the length of the magnetic 
sound-recording band 8 is assumed to be 8 cm, then the recording can be 
made for 6.6 sec. with one recording track on the magnetic sound-recording 
band 8. Therefore, total recording time amounts to 26.4 seconds (6.6 
sec..times.4) by successively using four tracks by the abovementioned 
automatic switching. This is a sufficient time for the instant-printing 
film camera in accordance with the present invention. 
The control operation of the motor control circuit 45 for the reciprocative 
sweeping of the recording/reproducing head 24 is elucidated below in 
detail with reference to FIG. 6. Circuit in FIG. 6 is constituted to 
control the sound-recording so as to select one head among four heads and 
switches in turn in the recording/reproducing head during while the 
recording/reproducing head reciprocatively sweeps on the magnetic 
soundrecording band 8. 
A motor control circuit 45 for controlling a drive motor for driving the 
magnetic head comprises two transistors 38 and 39, by which current flow 
directions in the drive motor coil are alternately interchanged. The motor 
control circuit 45 controls the rotational direction of the drive motor 
31. The motor control circuit 45 is so constituted that the transistor 38 
is on when the transistor 39 is off and that on the contrary the 
transistor 39 is on when the transistor 38 is off. When the transistor 38 
is on and the transistor 39 is off, current flows through a resistor 40 to 
the drive motor 31 in a direction shown by an arrow 41. On the contrary, 
when the transistor 39 is on and the transistor 38 is off, current flows 
through a resistor 42 to the drive motor 31 in an opposite direction shown 
by an arrow 43. 
An input terminal and an output terminal of an inverter 44 are connected to 
the bases of the transistors 38 and 39, respectively. Signal levels to be 
applied to the bases of the transistors are opposite to each other so as 
to make one of the transistors turn on. Therefore, the rotational 
direction of the drive motor 31 is consequently controlled in accordance 
with the logic level states of the signal applied to the inverter 44. The 
logic signal applied to the inverter 44 is fed from an exclusive OR 
circuit 46 in a direction control circuit 47, which further comprises the 
switches 35 and 37. The function of the direction control circuit 47 is 
elucidated by referring to Table 1. 
TABLE 1 
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output of moving direction 
switch 35 switch 37 Ex-OR 46 of head 24 
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I OFF(L) OFF(L) L left 
II ON (H) OFF(L) H right 
III ON (H) ON (H) L left 
IV OFF(L) ON (H) H right 
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When the recording/reproducing head 24 is initially at the right end of the 
magnetic recording band 8, the switches 35 and 37 are set to be off (state 
I in Table 1) and hence, high logic levels are not applied to the 
exclusive OR circuit 46. The logic levels at the input terminals of the 
exclusive OR circuit 46 are also shown in parentheses. In the state I the 
output signal level of the exclusive OR circuit 46 is L (low level). 
The logic circuit of FIG. 6 is formed by C-MOS ICs (complementary MOS ICs) 
in this embodiment, but it is naturally possible to form it by TTLs 
(transistor transistor logics) and IIL (integrated injection logic). 
When the output signal level of the exclusive OR circuit 56 becomes L in 
the state I, the level L is applied to the base of the transistor 39 
thereby turning off the transistor 39 and the inverted level H (high 
level) through the inverter 44 is applied to the base of the transistor 38 
thereby turning on the transistor 38. Accordingly, current flows through 
the drive motor 31 in the direction shown by the arrow 41 and the 
recording/reproducing head 24 moves in the leftward direction shown by the 
arrow 33 in FIG. 5(a). The rotational direction of the drive motor 31 and 
the sweeping direction of the recording/reproducing head 24 can 
arbitrarily be determined and designed by the mechanical and structural 
combination of the reduction gear means 30 and the travelling screw 22. 
Now, let us assume in this embodiment that the recording/reproducing head 
24 sweeps in the leftward direction shown by the arrow 33 when the current 
flows through the drive motor 31 in the direction shown by the arrow 41. 
When the recording/reproducing head 24 reaches the left end of the magnetic 
recording band 8, the switch 35 is actuated by the left end part 34 of the 
recording/reproducing head 24. The switch 35 turns on and high logic level 
comes out via a resistor 49. The output logic level of the exclusive OR 
circuit 46 turns to H thereby turning on the transistor 39 and turning off 
the transistor 38. Accordingly, the current flow through the drive motor 
31 is reversed and it flows in the direction shown by the arrow 43. The 
recording/reproducing head begins sweeping in the rightward direction 
opposite to the one shown by the arrow 33. This state is shown as state II 
in Table 1. 
After the recording/reproducing head 24 has swept on the magnetic recording 
band 8 in the rightward direction and when it reaches the right end of the 
magnetic recording band 8, the switch 37 is changed over by the right end 
part 36 of the recording/reproducing head 24. Then, the 
recording/reproducing head 24 sweeps again in the leftward direction shown 
by the arrow 33. This situation corresponds to a state shown as state III 
in Table 1. In this embodiment the switches 35 and 37 are such types that 
they keep the turn-on state once they are turned on and that they are 
turned off by the successive switching actuation keeping the turn-off 
state. 
After the recording/reproducing head 24 sweeps in the state IV shown in 
Table 1, it begins sweeping again in a sequential order from state I to 
state IV. 
A head change-over circuit 50 and a head drive circuit 51 are further 
provided in the circuit of FIG. 6. The former switches to select one 
tracking head among four tracking heads 52-55 provided in the 
recording/reproducing head 24 in turn in cooperation to motions of the 
head that the recording/reproducing head 24 reciprocatively sweeps on the 
magnetic recording band 8 by the control of the latter. The output signals 
of the direction control circuit 47 are fed to the head change-over 
circuit 50. The logic function of the several parts in the circuit of FIG. 
6 are shown in Table 2, wherein the logic levels H and L for the switches 
35 and 37 correspond to the on- and off-states, respectively. Operational 
modes in the states I-IV in Table 1 are similarly designated in Table 2. 
The logic levels H and L for four tracking heads 52-55 correspond to 
operational and non-operational states of the tracking heads 52-55, 
respectively. 
When the logic signals corresponding to the state I shown in Table 2 are 
fed to a NOR gate 56 and AND gates 57, 58 and 59 in the head change-over 
circuit 50, the output logic levels become H for the NOR gate 56 and L for 
AND gates 57, 58 and 59, respectively. Accordingly, a transistor 60 turns 
on thereby actuating a relay 61 connected with the emitter of the 
transistor 60. A switch 62 is closed by the actuation of the relay 61 and 
the first head 52 is electrically connected with a recording/reproducing 
amplifier circuit 64 and an AC bias circuit 65 via a recording/reproducing 
change-over circuit 63. As described above, the recording/reproducing head 
24 sweeps on the magnetic recording band 8 in the leftward direction 
(shown by the arrow 33 in FIG. 5(a)) in the state I, and therefore 
recording or reproducing is made by means of the first head 52 for a first 
track 93 on the magnetic recording band 8 shown in FIG. 7 in the leftward 
direction. 
TABLE 2 
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output 
moving state of heads 
of direction 
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 
switch switch Ex-OR of head head head head 
35 37 46 head 24 
52 53 54 55 
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I L L L left H L L L 
II H L H right L H L L 
III H H L left L L H L 
IV L H H right L L L H 
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When the operational mode is turned into the state II by the actuation of 
the switch 35, the output logic levels become H for the AND gate 57 and L 
for the NOR gate 56 and the AND gates 58 and 59, respectively. 
Accordingly, the transistor 60 turns off and a transistor 66 turns on 
thereby actuating a relay 67 connected with the emitter of the transistor 
66. A switch 68 is closed by the actuation of the relay 67 and the second 
head 53 is electrically connected with the recording/reproducing amplifier 
circuit 64 and the AC bias circuit 65 via the recording/reproducing 
change-over circuit 63. The recording/reproducing head 24 sweeps on the 
magnetic recording band 8 in the rightward direction opposite to that 
shown by the arrow in FIG. 5(a) in the state II, and therefore recording 
or reproducing is made by means of the second head 53 for a second track 
94 on the magnetic recording band 8 shown in FIG. 7 in the rightward 
direction. During this recording or reproducing time by the second head 
53, no recording nor reproducing is made by the first head 52 since the 
switch 62 was turned off when the transistor 60 was made off. 
When the operational mode is turned into the state III by the actuation of 
the switch 37, the output logic levels become H for the AND gate 58 and L 
for the NOR gate 56 and the AND gates 57 and 59, respectively. 
Accordingly, the transistor 66 turns off and a transistor 69 turns on 
thereby actuating a relay 70 connected with the emitter of the transistor 
69. A switch 70 is therefore closed and the electrical connection is made 
for the third head 54. In the state III, recording or reproducing is made 
by the third head 54 for a third track 95 on the magnetic recording band 8 
in the leftward direction along the arrow 33. 
Similarly, recording or reproducing is made in the state IV by the fourth 
head 55 for a fourth track 96 on the magnetic recording band 8 while the 
recording/reproducing head 24 sweeps on the magnetic recording band 8 in 
the rightward direction. 
Therefore, the recording time on the magnetic recording band 8 can be made 
four times of a single sweeping by successively selecting one appropriate 
head among four heads for the recording head in accordance with the 
reciprocative sweeping of the recording/reproducing head 24. The apparatus 
in accordance with the abovementioned example is so designed that the 
selection of the head is made in accordance with the operational states 
(ON and OFF) of the switches 35 and 37. Therefore, recording is made for 
different recording tracks on the magnetic recording band 8 by one 
specified head among four heads in one specified direction. 
The circuit of FIG. 6 further comprises the recording/reproducing 
change-over circuit 63, the recording/reproducing amplifier circuit 64 and 
the AC bias circuit 65. The constitution and operation of these circuits 
are known and accordingly, their details are not elucidated here. The 
recording/reproducing change-over circuit 63 selects functional modes of 
the recording/reproducing head 24 by means of an interlocking switch 75. 
When the interlocking switch 75 is connected to terminals R, the head 
drive circuit 51, the recording/reproducing amplifier circuit 64 and the 
AC bias circuit 65 are in the recording mode. On the contrary, they are in 
the playing (reproducing) mode when the interlocking switch 75 is 
connected with terminals P. 
In the recording mode, sound signals from a microphone 76 are fed to the 
recording/reproducing amplifier circuit 64 via a switch 77 of the 
interlocking switch 75. The recording/reproducing amplifier circuit 64 
comprises a low frequency amplifier 78 and an output circuit 82, the 
latter circuit comprising a transistor 79, an equalizer 80 and a bias trap 
81. The amplified recording signals are then fed to one head among four 
heads in the recording/reproducing head 24. 
In general, an AC bias signal having a frequency as high as about five 
times of that of the maximum recording frequency is superimposed to the 
recording signals in a recording apparatus in order to obtain a good 
recording characteristics. In this example of FIG. 6, an AC bias circuit 
65 comprises a transistor 83 and a transformer 84. AC bias signal from the 
AC bias circuit 65 and the recording signals are mixed and fed to one head 
of the recording/reproducing head 24. 
In the playing mode, sound signals are reproduced from the magnetic 
sound-recording band 8 by the recording/reproducing head 24. The 
reproduced sound signals are fed to the low frequency amplifier 78 and 
amplified. Then, power amplification is made in an amplifier circuit 85 
thereby reproducing the recorded sound by a loudspeaker 90. 
As described above, the instant-printing film camera of FIG. 5(a) with the 
recording/reproducing circuits of FIG. 6 is so constituted that a long 
recording time is obtainable for the limited space on the magnetic 
sound-recording band 8. It is naturally possible to further lengthen the 
recording time by disposing more unit heads in the recording/reproducing 
head 24. The recording order for the tracks on the magnetic 
sound-recording band 8 can be modified from the abovementioned sequential 
sweeping to an interlaced sweeping. Such interlaced sweeping diminishes 
cross-talks between the neighboring tracks. 
FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of the instant-printing film camera having 
the recording/reproducing apparatus of FIG. 6 built inside the camera 
body. Such camera is referred to hereinafter instant camera with recording 
apparatus. Photographing system of the instant camera with recording 
apparatus has similar configuration as the conventional one except for the 
magnetic recording part. A film pack case 11 of FIG. 3(a) having ten 
instant-printing films with the magnetic sound-recording band is used for 
the instant camera with recording apparatus of FIG. 8. The 
instant-printing film with the magnetic sound-recording band is taken out 
and printed by a gear means 97, which is driven by a printing motor (not 
shown). The uppermost instant-printing film 86 with the magnetic 
sound-recording band in the film pack case 11 is pushed out by a lever 
(not shown) and then clamped between two rollers 87 and 88 connected with 
the gear means 97. Then, the instant-printing film 86 with the magnetic 
sound-recording band 8 is taken out by the rotation of the rollers 87 and 
88 as shown in FIG. 9. During the abovementioned feeding-out of the 
instant-printing film 86 the bag 6 of the developing solution is subjected 
to receive a mechanical pressure between two rollers 87 and 88. As in the 
conventional way, the developing solution then spreads onto the 
photosensitive emulsion layer 3 thereby developing and printing the 
instant-printing film 86 in a specified length of time. 
Sound recording on the magnetic sound-recording band 8 formed on the 
instant-printing film 86 is made by the mechanical system of FIG. 5(a) and 
the recording apparatus 89 including the electric control means of FIG. 6. 
The recording apparatus 89 is disposed inside the camera body and the 
recording/reproducing head 24 sweeps on the magnetic sound-recording band 
8 exposed from the recording window 15. 
Since the film pack case 11 and the recording apparatus 89 are disposed 
inside the camera body, recording is possible for the instant-printing 
film 86 with the magnetic sound-recording band 8 before photographing. 
Besides, it is also possible to record sounds after photographing, by 
withholding the feeding-out of the instant-printing film 86 with the 
magnetic sound-recording band 8 for a short time. Therefore, the instant 
camera with recording apparatus in accordance with the present invention 
has an advantageous feature that the sound recording is possible both 
before and after the photographing. 
When the recording apparatus 89 further comprises a recording/reproducing 
change-over circuit 63 and a recording/reproducing amplifier circuit 64 of 
FIG. 6 in the camera body, it is also possible to confirm immediately 
after recording whether the sounds are well recorded. It is preferable 
that the recorded sounds can be reproduced from the recorded magnetic 
sound-recording band 8 at an instant photographing place. This is possible 
by installing the abovementioned circuits 63 and 64 in the camera body 
thereby utilizing the conventional Wasteful time during the developing 
time after photographing. 
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of another example of the instant camera with 
recording apparatus. The photographing mechanism of this example has 
similar configuration as the conventional one except for the magnetic 
recording part. The light from the photographing object passes through a 
main lens (not shown), is bent by 90.degree. by a reflection mirror (not 
shown) and focuses on a photosensitive face on the instant-printing film 
86. Such type of instant camera generally has a sloped back face due to 
the optical configuration with the reflection mirror. By utilizing such 
sloped back face, a loudspeaker 90 of a reproducing apparatus 92 is 
provided in the instant camera with recording apparatus of FIG. 10. The 
loudspeaker 90 is disposed in the camera body along the sloped face and 
the reproducing apparatus 92 is disposed under the reflection mirror. The 
recorded instant-printing film 86 with the magnetic sound-recording band 8 
is inserted from the upper part of the sloped part and fitted in the 
sloped part of the instant camera with recording apparatus. 
When the recorded instant-printing film 86 with the magnetic 
sound-recording band 8 is inserted through an insertion slot 91, then the 
recording/reproducing head 24 is disposed on the magnetic sound-recording 
band 8. Then a start switch (not shown but having known actuating knob to 
be pressed by the film 86) is actuated thereby starting reproducing from 
four tracks 93-96. In this example, observation of the photographed image 
on the instant-printing film becomes easy by disposing the 
instant-printing film 86 with the magnetic sound-recording band 8 in the 
sloped part along the reflection mirror. A photographer can clearly hear 
the recorded sound from the loudspeaker 90 disposed in the sloped face. 
Moreover, it is naturally possible to install both a recording circuit and 
a playing circuit in the instant camera with recording apparatus of FIG. 
10, thereby enabling the editing by monitoring and recording in the 
magnetic sound-recording band and/or enabling the recording of music 
sounds or any other sounds in the studio or home. A microphone for the 
sound recording can be attached to any part of the camera body of the 
instant camera with recording apparatus or can be made detachable and 
fitted by an appropriate clamp means. According to the example of FIG. 10, 
the sound recording is also possible before and after photographing for a 
packed instant-printing film, which does not have a recorded band. This is 
accomplished by making the sound recording on the magnetic recording sheet 
9 of FIG. 2 which is sticked on an end part of the film after 
photographing. This sticking of the recorded magnetic sheet 9 on the 
instant-printing film can be made in an automatical manner by using an 
appropriate jig or the like means.