Patent ID: 7782371

Claim:
An apparatus for the recording of image data and meta data which contain information on the image data—such as recording parameters—with a digital film camera ( 21 , 55 ) which includes at least one image sensor ( 23 ) for the generation of the image data and with meta data image generation means ( 11 , 33 , 59 ) by which the meta data can be recorded in the form of image information detectable by the human eye so that the image data and the meta data can be generated as common image information, characterized in that the meta data image generating means ( 11 , 33 , 59 ) include display means ( 11 , 33 ) for the visual representation of meta data, in particular a display, and characterized in that reflection means ( 27 , 29 , 35 , 41 ) are provided for the reflection of the meta data shown on the display means ( 33 ) onto the image sensor ( 23 ), and characterized in that the meta data can be imaged onto an intermediate image plane ( 27 ), in particular a ground glass screen, arranged between a taking lens ( 26 ) associated with the digital camera ( 21 , 55 ) and the image sensor ( 23 ).