Camera capable of previewing a photographed image

• US 5,774,754 A
• Filed: 05/15/1997
• Issued: 06/30/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Minolta Corporation Limited (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Minolta Corporation Limited (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Ootsuka, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dalakis, Michael
• Application Number:
  US08/856,728
• Time in Patent Office: 411 Days
• Field of Search: 396/313, 396/435, 396/436, 396/374, 396/378, 396/380, 396/383, 396/213
• US Class Current: 396/380
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/24 with means for separately producing marks on the film, e.g. title, time of exposure
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/244 Magnetic devices

Abstract

A camera includes a photographic recording device which records an image of an object on a photosensitive recording medium; an image pick-up device which picks up an image of the object to generate an image signal; a display device which displays a monitor image based on the image signal generated by the image pick-up device; a photographing information setting device which sets photographing information for an image to be recorded on the photosensitive recording medium; and a display controller which controls the display device to display a monitor image in accordance with the set photographing information.

Claims

1. A camera comprising:

a photographic recording device which records on a photosensitive recording medium an image of an object;

an image pick-up device which picks up an image of the object to generate an image signal;

a storage device which stores the image signal;

a photography data writing and reading device which writes and reads photography data on and from the photosensitive recording medium;

a photography data setting device which sets new photography data desirably;

a first display device which processes the image signal in accordance with the photography data written on the photosensitive recording medium;

a second display device which processes the image signal in accordance with the photography data set by the setting device; and

a renewal controller which controls the photography data writing and reading device to replace thus written photography data with the new photography data set by the setting device.

2. A camera as defined in claim 1, wherein the photography data are written at a portion of said photosensitive recording medium other than a portion of said photosensitive recording medium where an image is recorded.

3. A camera as defined in claim 2, wherein the photography data are magnetically written on said photosensitive recording medium.

4. A camera as defined in claim 1, further comprising a renewal directing device which activates the renewal controller.

5. A camera as defined in claim 4, wherein the photography data includes at least one of an aspect ratio, an exposure value, and color correction information.

6. A camera as defined in claim 1, wherein the photography data includes at least one of an aspect ratio, an exposure value, and color correction information.

7. A camera comprising:

a photographic recording device which records on a photosensitive recording medium an image of an objects;

an image pick-up device which picks up an image of the object to generate an image signal;

a display device which displays a monitor image based on the image signal generated by the image pick-up device;

an aspect ratio setting device which is capable of selectively setting an aspect ratio for the image to be recorded on the photosensitive recording medium; and

a display controller which controls the display device to display the monitor image in accordance with the thus selectively set aspect ratio.

8. A camera as defined in claim 7, further comprising an aspect ratio recording device which records the selectively set aspect ratio on the photosensitive recording medium.

9. A camera as defined in claim 8, wherein the selectively set aspect ratio is recorded on the photosensitive recording medium at a portion of the photosensitive recording medium other than a portion of the photosensitive recording medium at which the image is recorded.

10. A camera as defined in claim 8, wherein the selectively set aspect ratio is magnetically recorded on the photosensitive recording medium.

11. A camera as defined in claim 7, further comprising an electronic recording device which records an image of the object on an electronic recording medium,

wherein the aspect ratio setting device further selectively sets an aspect ratio for the image to be recorded on the electronic recording medium.

12. A camera as defined in claim 7, wherein the display device displays a monitor image having an indicia indicating an area of the image to be recorded at the selectively set aspect ratio.

13. A camera as defined in claim 12, further comprising an electronic recording device which records an image of the object on an electronic recording medium,

wherein the aspect ratio setting device further selectively sets an aspect ratio for the image to be recorded on the electronic recording medium.

14. A camera comprising:

a photographic recording device which records an image of an object on a recording medium;

an image pick-up device which picks up an image of the object to generate an image signal;

a display device which displays a monitor image based on the image signal generated by the image pick-up device;

an aspect ratio setting device which selectively sets an aspect ratio for the image to be recorded on the recording medium; and

a display controller which controls the display device to display the monitor image in accordance with the selectively set aspect ratio.