Patent ID: 7098941

Claim:
A digital camera including an imaging device for converting an optical image into image data, a cassette chamber loaded with a film cassette containing unexposed instant films, an optical head moving on a parallel with an exposure surface of said instant film to expose said exposure surface in accordance with said image data, and a spreading-roller pair for conveying said instant film exposed by said optical head toward a discharge mouth and for spreading developer, said digital camera comprising: removable medium holding means for setting an image recording medium, on which an image has been printed, to a predetermined position in said cassette chamber; a light emitting device moving on a parallel with an image recording surface of said image recording medium, said light emitting device irradiating a read light for reading the image recorded on said image recording medium; and an image reader moving in synchronism with said light emitting device to scan said image recording surface, said image reader receiving the read light reflected by said image recording surface in scanning to read said recorded image.