Patent ID: 7123289

Claim:
An image reading apparatus in which a plurality of images recorded on a film are read, the image reading apparatus comprising: a moving section which moves the plurality of images to an image reading position respectively by conveying the film; an image detecting section which detects the plurality of images respectively while the film is conveyed; a control section which specifies a recorded position of the image on the basis of the detection result by the image detecting section, and controls the moving section such that the image whose recorded position is specified is positioned at the image reading position, wherein, in a case in which one of a recorded position of a leading image of the film or recorded positions of images successive from the leading image of the film, among the plurality of images, cannot be specified, the control section further carries out control such that the recorded position of the image whose recorded position cannot be specified, is specified on the basis of a recorded position of the image whose recorded position can be specified, and the moving section conveys the film in a predetermined direction such that the leading image is positioned at the image reading position.