JP2000115604A - Camera used for both silver photographing and electronic image pickup - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily peruse picked-up image and the photographing information, without reading images photographed on a film in the past. SOLUTION: With this camera, based on electronic image signals for which an object image is converted into electric signal and outputted by an area sensor 20, and display is made on an LCD monitor 7. Also, the object image is exposed on a silver film 29 and the image data of the object image picked up by the area sensor 20, and the photographing information corresponding to the image data are stored in a nonvolatile memory 45. Furthermore, with a CPU 46, a film number for indicating the order of a cartridge loaded to perform photographing is retrieved. Then, corresponding to a film cartridge retrieved by the CPU 46, the image data and the photographing information stored in the nonvolatile memory 45 are outputted to the LCD monitor 7 and displayed for perusing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has both functions of an electronic image pickup device having an electronic image pickup device for converting a subject image into an electric signal, and a silver halide photographing device for photographing the subject image on a silver halide film. The present invention relates to a camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, cameras having both functions of an electronic image pickup device having an image pickup device for converting a subject image into an electric signal and a silver halide photographing device for projecting the subject image on a silver halide film have been developed. ing.

[0003] For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. Sho 61-215538.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-114169 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-114169 disclose a technique of a silver halide photographing and electronic imaging camera that simultaneously exposes a subject image to a silver halide film and stores the subject image photoelectrically converted by an electronic imaging device in a memory. It has been disclosed.

[0004]

However, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-215538 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
Japanese Patent No. 169 does not specifically mention a method of managing image data in a memory.

For example, when a camera operator wants to know the image data stored in the memory and the photographing information related to the image data, he cannot easily browse the photographing information.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is intended to provide a camera having both functions of an electronic imaging device and a silver halide imaging device without reading an image previously photographed on a film. It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging that allows a user to easily view a captured image and its imaging information.

[0007]

That is, the present invention provides an electronic imaging device having an electronic imaging device for converting a subject image into an electric signal, and a display based on an electronic image signal output from the electronic imaging device. Monitoring means for performing the processing, a silver halide photographing apparatus for exposing a subject image to a silver halide film, storage means for storing image data of the subject image captured by the electronic imaging apparatus and photographing information corresponding to the image data, Film number searching means for searching for a film number indicating the order of the cartridges that have been photographed.
The image data and the photographing information corresponding to the film cartridge searched by the film number search means and stored in the storage means are output to the monitor means and displayed for viewing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic image pickup apparatus having an electronic image pickup element for converting a subject image into an electric signal, monitor means for displaying based on an electronic image signal output from the electronic image pickup apparatus, A silver halide imaging device for exposing an image to a silver halide film, storage means for storing image data of a subject image captured by the electronic imaging device and imaging information corresponding to the image data, and a cartridge for identifying the cartridge ID code search means for searching for an ID code assigned to each image data, and the image data and the photographing information stored in the storage means corresponding to the ID code searched by the ID code search means. Is output to the monitor means and displayed for browsing.

Further, the present invention provides an electronic image pickup device having an electronic image pickup device for converting a subject image into an electric signal, a monitor means for displaying based on an electronic image signal output from the electronic image pickup device, A silver halide imaging device for exposing an image to a silver halide film, storage means for storing image data of a subject image captured by the electronic imaging device and shooting information corresponding to the image data, and searching for information related to shooting date and time The image data and the photographing information stored in the storage means corresponding to the date and time data retrieved by the photographing date and time retrieval means can be output to the monitor means for viewing. Is displayed.

In the camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging according to the present invention, a subject image is converted into an electric signal by an electronic imaging device of the electronic imaging device, and based on the electronic image signal output from the electronic imaging device. The display is performed by the monitor means. The subject image is exposed to a silver halide film by the silver halide photography device. Image data of a subject image captured by the electronic imaging device and shooting information corresponding to the image data are stored in a storage unit. Further, the film number search means searches for a film number indicating the order of the cartridges loaded and photographed. And
The image data and the photographing information corresponding to the film cartridge searched by the film number search means and stored in the storage means are output to the monitor means and displayed for viewing.

In the present invention, the subject image is converted into an electric signal by the electronic image pickup device of the electronic image pickup apparatus. Then, display is performed by the monitor means based on the electronic image signal output from the electronic imaging device, and the subject image is exposed to a silver halide film by the silver halide imaging device. The image data of the subject image picked up by the electronic image pickup device and the shooting information corresponding to the image data are stored in the storage unit. Further, an ID code assigned to each cartridge to identify the cartridge is searched by the ID code search means. Then, the image data and the photographing information stored in the storage unit corresponding to the ID code searched by the ID code search unit are output to the monitor unit and displayed for viewing.

Further, in the camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging according to the present invention, a subject image is converted into an electric signal by an electronic imaging device of the electronic imaging device, and the electronic image signal output from the electronic imaging device is converted into an electric signal. The display is performed by the monitor means based on this. On the other hand, in a silver halide photography apparatus, a subject image is exposed to a silver halide film. Then, the image data of the subject image picked up by the electronic image pickup device and the shooting information corresponding to the image data are stored in the storage means. Information relating to the shooting date and time is searched by the shooting date and time searching means.
Then, the image data and the photographing information stored in the storage unit corresponding to the date and time data retrieved by the photographing date and time retrieval unit are output to the monitor unit and displayed for viewing.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the camera showing one embodiment of the camera of the present invention. In FIG. 2, a power switch 2 is provided on an upper part of the camera body 1.
A strobe that can be moved between a position protruding from the camera body 1 and a stored position (FIG. 2 shows a stored state) 3
And a two-stage release button (release switch) 4. A viewfinder 5 and a color LCD device 6 for monitoring an electronic image picked up by a built-in electronic image pickup device are arranged on the back of the camera body 1.

The color LCD device 6 includes an LCD monitor 7 serving as monitor means and management data to be described later.
, A mode switching button 8 for selecting each management data, a selection button 9 for selecting the management data,
ame No. A mode switching button 13 that enables selection of a scroll mode is provided.

After setting the management data selection mode by the mode switching button 8 on the back of the camera body 1, each management data is selected by the selection button 9, and the contents of the selected management data are displayed. The function of scrolling and displaying on the monitor 7 and the mode switching button 13
ame No. After the scroll mode is selected, there is provided an electronic dial 10 which is a selection means and has a function of scrolling the electronic image of each imaging frame and its imaging information and displaying the information on the monitor 7.

On the other hand, a lens barrel 12 having a zoom up / down operation button 11 is provided on the front surface of the camera body 1, that is, on the side opposite to the color LCD device 6.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the camera of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a taking lens for forming a subject image is composed of a positive lens 15 and a negative lens 16 with an aperture mechanism 17 interposed therebetween. That is, the aperture mechanism 17 is disposed in the taking lens.

A half mirror 18 is provided behind the negative lens 16, and a part of the subject light reflected by the half mirror 18 forms an image on an area sensor 20 via an imaging lens system 19. You. Note that a prism or a beam splitter may be used instead of the half mirror.

Further, behind the half mirror 18, there is provided a movable mirror 21 whose substantially central portion is a half mirror. A focusing plate 22, a pentaprism 23, and a finder eyepiece optical system 24 are arranged on the reflected light path of the movable mirror 21. The reason that the above-described optical finder is provided in addition to the LCD monitor 7 for monitoring a subject is that the camera operator operates the LCD monitor 7.
This is because taking a picture while looking through the optical viewfinder improves the holding performance of the camera and makes camera shake less likely than taking a picture while looking at the camera.

A sub-mirror 2 is provided on the center rear portion of the movable mirror 21 so as to reflect the subject light downward.
5 are provided. The optical system comprises two optical systems in the direction of the reflection optical axis of the sub-mirror 25 and in the direction perpendicular to the drawing.
A separator optical system 26 for separating two images is provided.

A line sensor 27 is arranged at a position where the object image is formed by the separator optical system 26.
The sub-mirror 18, the separator optical system 26, the line sensor 27, and the like constitute a focus detection device based on a known phase difference method. The distance between images is obtained, and the driving amount of the photographing lens for driving to the focus position is calculated.

Behind the movable mirror 21, a shutter 28 is provided. A silver halide film (hereinafter simply referred to as a film) 29 is provided behind the shutter 28.
Further, a magnetic head 30 for recording / reproducing data by contacting a magnetic recording layer (not shown) formed on the film 29 is provided.

Each of the lenses 15 and 16 of the photographing lens is provided with a zoom / focus drive circuit 33 for controlling a drive source for a focus adjustment operation and a zooming operation. Is provided. The zoom / focus drive circuit 33 includes an encoder (not shown) that generates a signal in accordance with the movement of each lens. The CPU 46 described later focuses on the basis of the calculated drive amount and the encoder output. Adjustments are made.

The area sensor 20 is driven by an area sensor drive circuit 35, and the movable mirror 21 is driven by a mirror drive circuit 36. Similarly, the line sensor 27 is driven by a line sensor drive circuit 37,
The shutter 28 is driven by a shutter drive circuit 38.

The zoom / focus drive circuit 33,
The aperture driving circuit 34, the area sensor driving circuit 35, the mirror driving circuit 36, the line sensor driving circuit 37, and the shutter driving circuit 38 include a volatile memory 39 and a signal processing circuit 4
Together with 0, they are connected to each other by a data bus 41.
Further, when the photographing of one frame is completed, a film drive circuit 42 for winding the film 29, a magnetic head drive circuit 43 for driving the magnetic head 30, a strobe circuit 44, a nonvolatile memory 45, and a switch input circuit 47 are connected to a data bus 41. Is connected to the CPU 46. The operations of these drive circuits are controlled by the CPU 46 as a whole. The CPU 46 constitutes a film number search unit, an ID code search unit, and a shooting date / time search unit.

The magnetic recording by the magnetic head 30 is executed during the winding operation of the film 29. The strobe circuit 44 is used for illuminating a subject, and is operated as auxiliary light when the CPU 46 determines that the subject brightness is lower than a predetermined brightness.

The area sensor 20 is controlled by an area sensor drive circuit 35. The formed subject image is converted into an analog video signal, and the signal processing circuit 40
Is output to The signal processing circuit 40 performs predetermined signal processing including conversion of the analog signal processing signal into a digital signal. The signal processing circuit 40 is connected to the volatile memory 39 and the LCD monitor 7, and is also connected to the nonvolatile memory 45 and the like via the data bus 41.

The signal processing circuit 40 transfers the processed signal to the volatile memory 39 and the nonvolatile memory 45. The electronic image stored in the volatile memory 39 is LC
It is displayed on the D monitor 7.

The non-volatile memory 45 is a storage means that is detachable from the camera body 1. This nonvolatile memory 4
Reference numeral 5 denotes, for example, an EEPROM or the like, which is electrically rewritable and retains an electronic image even when the power of the camera body is turned off, and is used for recording an electronic image. The luminance of the subject is measured using an analog signal of the area sensor 20, and the analog signal is digitized by the signal processing circuit 40 and transmitted to the CPU 46 via the data bus 41.

The zoom / focus drive circuit 33 for controlling the lenses 15 and 16 of the photographing lens has an encoder (not shown) for generating a signal in accordance with the movement of each lens. Focus adjustment is performed based on the driving amount and the encoder.

When the movable mirror 21 is raised and the shutter 28 is opened, a subject image is formed on the film 29 and is exposed. It should be noted that the aperture value of the aperture mechanism 17 and the shutter speed at which the proper exposure can be obtained are set to C based on the subject luminance value output from the signal processing circuit 40 and the film sensitivity detected by a film sensitivity detection circuit (not shown).
The operation is performed by the PU 46. Then, the shutter 28
Drive control is performed at the calculated shutter speed.

Further, the switch input circuit 47 includes a plurality of switches such as an operation switch (not shown) and a switch for detecting the operation of the mechanical system. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of management data displayed on the LCD monitor 7 when the management data selection mode is selected by pressing the mode switching button 8.

In FIG. 3, the data 51 "Film
No. "" Indicates the number of cartridges loaded into the camera body 1 and photographed, and is the 101st in the display example. "Id" of the data 52 indicates a so-called ID code. Is a number assigned to identify the cartridge, and in the display example, is “792955”. Regarding this ID code, a number previously assigned to a cartridge loaded in the camera may be automatically read out and stored in the nonvolatile memory 45, or the camera operator inputs the ID code and stores the ID code in the nonvolatile memory 45. 45 may be stored.

"Date 1st" of the data 53 indicates the date and time when the first frame of the 101st cartridge indicated by "Film No" of the data 51 was photographed. In the display example, it is February 20, 1998. . The “Date Last” of the data 54 is the “Film N” of the data 51.
o "indicates the date and time when the last frame of the 101st cartridge (the frame immediately before rewinding the film) was shot,
A display example is October 22, 1998. The “Data 1st” of the data 53 and the “Dat” of the data 54
e Last "may display hours, minutes, minutes and seconds instead of years, months, and days, or may change the order of years, months, and days, and display month, day, year, day, month, and year. Further, they may be switched.

The "Exposure" data 55
Indicates the last frame number of the 101st cartridge of “Film No” of the data 51 (the photographing frame immediately before rewinding the film). In the display example, the 21st frame is rewound after photographing. In addition, “Exposure” of data 55
May indicate the maximum number of shootable cartridges. For example, in the case of 135 mm format film,
12 shots, 24 shots, 36 shots, IX240 format film, 15 shots, 25 shots, 4 shots
This is the case of taking zero pictures.

The selection frame 50 is displayed on the monitor 7 together with the management data when the mode is set to the management data selection mode by pressing the mode switching button 8. Thereafter, every time the selection button 9 is pressed, the selection frame 50 is changed to “Film No” →
“Id” → “Date 1st” → “Date Las”
t ”→“ Film No ”→.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a management unit when the management data of the cartridge is stored in the nonvolatile memory 45. The stored data 56 to 60 constitute management data, and are the same as the data 51 to 55 shown as display contents on the LCD monitor 7 in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the state of the frame No. when the mode switching button 13 is pressed. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an electronic image of each image capturing frame displayed on the LCD monitor 7 when the scroll mode is selected, and its image capturing information.

In FIG. 5, “Date” 61 is data indicating the date and time when the photographed frame was photographed, and “Flame” 62 is
e No. "Is data indicating the number of the cartridge,
Numeral 64 denotes an electronic image corresponding to the photographed frame. And frame 6
3 is Frame No. 3. Indicates that scrolling is possible.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a management unit when photographing information and electronic image data relating to each photographing frame are stored in the nonvolatile memory 45. In FIG. 6, data 65
“Film No.” represents a cartridge number, and “Picture Date” of data 68 is electronic image data corresponding to a photographed frame. Data 66
And 67 are data corresponding to 62 and 61 in FIG. 5, respectively.

As is apparent from FIG. 6, since the management data of each photographed frame includes the data 65 "Film No", the management data of each photographed frame relating to one cartridge can be easily searched.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
A photographing operation of the camera for both silver halide photographing and electronic photographing according to the embodiment will be described. First, when the release button 4 is pressed and a first release switch (not shown) is turned on,
A subroutine "photographing" in FIG. 6 is called from a main routine (not shown). The release switch of this camera is a two-stage push button type release button as described above, and is referred to as a first release and a second release, respectively.

Then, when the subroutine "photographing" is entered, the luminance of the subject is measured based on the output from the area sensor 20 in step S1. Next, in step S2, focus adjustment is performed. This focus adjustment
Based on the output signal of the line sensor 26, the driving amount from the interval between the two images to the focus position of the photographing lens is calculated, and the photographing lens is driven. At this time, the absolute distance to the subject is also calculated based on the number of encoder pulse signals from the reference position (for example, the position at infinity) of the taking lens.

Next, in step S3, the area sensor 2
The image signal is taken from 0. And step S
In step 4, the signal processing circuit 40 performs predetermined signal processing on the captured image signal, converts the image signal into an electronic image converted into digital data, and stores the digital image in the volatile memory 39.

When the electronic image is displayed on the LCD monitor 7 in step S5, it is determined in subsequent step S6 whether the second release switch is turned on. If the second release switch has not been turned on, the process proceeds to step S7. On the other hand, when the second release switch is turned on, the process proceeds to an exposure sequence of the silver halide photographing device and an imaging sequence of the electronic imaging device after step S8.

In step S7, it is determined whether the first release switch is on. If the first release switch has not been turned on, this subroutine "shooting" is terminated, and the process returns to the main routine. On the other hand, when the first release switch is on, steps S3 to S7 are repeated.

In step S8, when exposure is performed with a silver halide film based on the photometric value measured in step S1 and the film sensitivity detected by a film sensitivity detection circuit (not shown), the silver halide photographing device A shutter speed and an aperture value for obtaining an appropriate exposure are calculated. Next, in step S9, the imaging time when imaging with the area sensor 20 is determined from the photometric value measured in step S1.

In step S10, when the aperture mechanism 17 is stopped down by the aperture value calculated in step S8, the movable mirror 21 is retracted upward by the mirror driving circuit 36 in step S11. Then, in step S12, the shutter 28 is controlled by the shutter drive circuit 38 so that the shutter speed becomes the shutter speed value calculated in step S8. An electronic image is captured.

In steps S13 and S14,
As in steps S4 and S5 described above, an image signal is captured from the area sensor 20 to the signal processing circuit 40,
The captured image signal is subjected to predetermined signal processing, converted into a digital data electronic image, and stored in the volatile memory 39.

In step S15, the retracted movable mirror 21 is returned to the original position. Next, in step S16, the aperture is driven to the initial position (usually an open aperture value). Further, in step S17, the film 29 is wound up by one frame by the film drive circuit 42. At this time, information is magnetically recorded on the magnetic recording medium on the film 29 by the magnetic head 30.

Finally, in step S18, the data stored in the volatile memory 39 (Picture Da in FIG. 6)
te) is connected to the nonvolatile memory 4 via the data bus 41.
5 and stored. At this time, the data “Film No.”, “Frame No.”,
“Date” is also stored in the nonvolatile memory 45 together with “Picture Date”. Then, the process returns to the main routine (not shown).

Next, mode switching buttons 8 and 13 and selection button 9
The processing operation when the electronic dial 10 is operated will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, in step S21, the mode switching button 8
It is determined whether or not is pressed. Here, if the mode switching button 8 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S22, and if not, the process proceeds to step S25.

In step S22, it is determined whether the camera has been set to the management data selection mode. here,
If the management data selection mode has not been set, the process proceeds to step S23. If the management data selection mode has been set, the process proceeds to step S2.
Move to 4.

In step S23, the mode of the camera is switched to the management data selection mode, and the LCD monitor 7
As shown in FIG. 3, the management data is displayed.
In step S24, the mode of the camera is switched to the normal shooting mode.

Next, in step S25, it is determined whether or not the selection button 9 has been pressed. If the selection button 9 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S26, and if not, the process proceeds to step S33.

Then, in step S26, the selection frame 50
By Film No. It is determined whether or not is selected. If it has been selected, the process moves to step S27 and the selection frame 50 is moved to Id. Further, in the above step S26, the film No. is displayed by the selection frame 50. If is not selected, the process moves to step S28.

In step S 28, I
It is determined whether or not d is selected. If it is selected, the process moves to step S29 and the selection frame 50 is set to Da.
Moved to te1st. On the other hand, if Id has not been selected, the process proceeds to step S30.

In step S30, it is determined whether Date 1st is selected by the selection frame 50. Here, if it is selected, the process moves to step S31, and the selection frame 50 is moved to Date Last. On the other hand, if Date 1st is not selected in step S30, the process proceeds to step S32,
When the selection frame 50 is Film No. Moved to

Next, in step S33, it is determined whether or not the mode switching button 13 has been pressed. Here, if the mode switching button 13 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S34, and if not, the process proceeds to step S37.

In step S34, the camera has already been set to Frame No. It is determined whether the scroll mode has been set. Frame No. If the scroll mode has not been set, the process proceeds to step S35,
If the camera mode is FrameNo. The mode is switched to the scroll mode. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, an electronic image corresponding to the photographed frame and its photographing information are displayed on the LCD monitor 7.

On the other hand, in step S34, Frame
No. If the scroll mode has been set, the process moves to step S36, and the mode of the camera is switched to the normal shooting mode.

Next, in step S37, it is determined whether or not the electronic dial 10 has been turned. Here, when it is determined that the electronic dial 10 has been turned, the process proceeds to step S38, and when it is determined that the electronic dial 10 has not been turned, the process returns to the main routine (not shown).

In step S38, F is selected by the selection frame 50.
ilm No. It is determined whether or not is selected.
If it has been selected, the process proceeds to step S39, and if it has not been selected, the process proceeds to step S41.

In step S39, the film No. is determined according to the direction and amount of rotation of the electronic dial 10. Is scrolled. Next, in step S40, the set Film No. Is read out from the non-volatile memory 45 and displayed on the LCD monitor 7.

On the other hand, in step S41, it is determined whether or not Id is selected by the selection frame 50. If it has been selected, the process proceeds to step S42, and if it has not been selected, the process proceeds to step S44.

In step S42, Id is scrolled according to the direction and amount of rotation of the electronic dial 10.
Next, in step S43, the management data corresponding to the set Id is read from the non-volatile memory 45,
It is displayed on the D monitor 7.

In step S44, it is determined whether or not Date 1st is selected by the selection frame 50. Here, if it is selected, the process proceeds to step S45, while if it is not selected, the process proceeds to step S47.
Move to

In step S45, Date 1st is scrolled according to the direction and amount of rotation of the electronic dial 10. Next, in step S46, the management data corresponding to the set Date 1st is read from the nonvolatile memory 45 and displayed on the LCD monitor 7.

In step S47, it is determined whether or not Date Last is selected by the selection frame 50. Here, if it is selected, the process proceeds to step S48, and if it is not selected, the process proceeds to step S50.

In step S48, Date Last is scrolled according to the direction and amount of rotation of the electronic dial 10. Then, in step S49, the management data corresponding to the set Date Last is read from the nonvolatile memory 45 and displayed on the LCD monitor 7.

In step S 50, F
lame No. It is determined whether or not is selected. Here, if it has been selected, the process proceeds to step S51, and if it has not been selected, the process returns to the main routine (not shown).

In step S51, according to the direction and amount of rotation of the electronic dial 10, the frame No. Is scrolled. Next, in step S52, the set Frame No. Picture Da corresponding to
ta is read from the non-volatile memory 45. In the following step S53, the read Picture Data is transferred to the signal processing circuit 40 and reproduced and displayed on the LCD monitor 7.

As described above, when the mode switch button 8 is pressed and the camera mode is set to the management data selection mode, the selection button 9 is pressed to set the Film No., which is each item of the management data. , Id, Date
1st and Date Last can be selected, and the management data stored in the nonvolatile memory 45 is read out according to the turning direction and the turning amount of the electronic dial 10 to read L.
This can be displayed on the CD panel 7.

When the mode switching button 13 is pressed, the mode of the camera is changed to Frame No. When the scroll mode is set, Frame No. is set according to the turning direction and the turning amount of the electronic dial 10. Is selected,
The electronic image and its photographing information stored in the nonvolatile memory 45 are read out and displayed on the LCD panel 7.

According to the above embodiment of the present invention,
The following configuration can be obtained. (1) An electronic imaging device having an electronic imaging device for converting a subject image into an electric signal, a monitor means for displaying based on an electronic image signal output from the electronic imaging device,
A silver halide photographing apparatus for exposing a subject image to a silver halide film, storage means for storing image data of the subject image taken by the electronic imaging apparatus and photographing information corresponding to the image data, and a film for retrieving a film number Number search means, and the image data and the photographing information stored in the storage means corresponding to the film searched by the film number search means are output to the monitor means so as to be browsed. A camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging, characterized in that:

(2) An electronic image pickup device having an electronic image pickup device for converting a subject image into an electric signal, monitor means for displaying based on the electronic image signal output from the electronic image pickup device, and A silver halide photographing apparatus for exposing a silver halide film, storage means for storing image data of a subject image picked up by the electronic image pickup apparatus, and photographing information corresponding to the image data,
D code search means, and the image data and the photographing information stored in the storage means corresponding to the ID code searched by the ID code search means are output to the monitor means for browsing. A camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging.

(3) An electronic image pickup device having an electronic image pickup device for converting a subject image into an electric signal, monitor means for displaying based on an electronic image signal output from the electronic image pickup device, and A silver halide photographing device for exposing to a silver halide film, storage means for storing image data of a subject image taken by the electronic imaging device and photographing information corresponding to the image data, and photographing for searching information relating to photographing date and time Date and time searching means, and the image data and the shooting information stored in the storage means corresponding to the date and time data searched by the shooting date and time searching means are output to the monitor means so that they can be browsed. A camera combining silver halide photography and electronic imaging.

(4) An electronic imaging device having an electronic imaging device for converting a subject image into an electric signal, a silver halide photography device for exposing the subject image to a silver halide film, and a subject imaged by the electronic imaging device Storage means for storing image data of an image and shooting information corresponding to the image data; management means for managing the image data and shooting information in cartridge units in the storage means; and search for searching for cartridge identification information Means, selecting means for selecting desired image data and photographing information for each cartridge searched by the searching means, and a monitor for displaying the image data and photographing information selected by the selecting means. And a camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging.

(5) The monitor means displays the cartridge identification information to be searched when the search means is executed. camera.

(6) The camera according to (4), wherein the monitor means displays the selected photographing information when the selecting means is executed. .

[0081]

As described above, according to the present invention, both an electronic imaging device having an electronic imaging element for converting a subject image into an electric signal and a silver halide photographing device for projecting the subject image on a silver halide film are provided. The camera operator can specify the image data stored in the memory and the management data for managing the shooting information related to the image data in the camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging having the function of In addition, it is possible to provide a camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging in which images taken in the past and their photographing information can be easily viewed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of a camera according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the camera showing one embodiment of the camera of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of management data displayed on an LCD monitor 7 when a management data selection mode is selected by pressing a mode switching button 8;

FIG. 4 shows a non-volatile memory 4 for managing data of a cartridge.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing management units stored in a storage unit 5;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which a frame is pressed by pressing a mode switching button
No. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an electronic image of each image capturing frame displayed on the LCD monitor 7 when the scroll mode is selected, and its image capturing information.

6 is a diagram showing management units when photographing information and electronic image data relating to each photographing frame are stored in a nonvolatile memory 45. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a shooting operation of the camera for both silver halide shooting and electronic imaging according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation when the mode switching buttons 8, 13, the selection button 9, and the electronic dial 10 are operated.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation when mode switching buttons 8, 13, a selection button 9, and an electronic dial 10 are operated.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 camera body, 2 power switch, 3 strobe, 4 release button, 5 finder, 6 color LCD device, 7 LCD monitor, 8 mode switching button, 9 selection button, 10 electronic dial, 11 zoom up / down operation button, 12 lens Lens barrel, 13 mode switching button, 15 positive lens, 16 negative lens, 17 aperture mechanism, 18 half mirror, 19 imaging lens system, 20 area sensor, 21 movable mirror, 22 focusing plate, 23 pentaprism, 24 finder eyepiece optics System, 25 sub-mirror, 26 separator optical system, 27 line sensor, 28 shutter, 29 silver halide film, 30 magnetic head, 33 zoom / focus drive circuit, 34 aperture drive circuit, 35 area sensor drive circuit, 36 mirror drive circuit, 37 Line sensor drive circuit, 38 Jitter driving circuit, 41 a data bus, 42 film drive circuit, 43 a magnetic head drive circuit, 44 a strobe circuit, 45 nonvolatile memory, 46 CPU, 47 switch input circuit, 50 selection.

Claims (3)

[Claims] An electronic imaging device having an electronic imaging element for converting a subject image into an electric signal; a monitor means for displaying based on an electronic image signal output from the electronic imaging device; A silver halide photographing device for exposing to a salt film, storage means for storing image data of a subject image taken by the electronic imaging device, and photographing information corresponding to the image data, and a cartridge mounted and photographed. A film number search unit for searching for a film number indicating an order, the image data and the photographing information corresponding to the film cartridge searched by the film number search unit, and stored in the storage unit, A camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging, which is output to a monitor means and displayed for viewing. 2. An electronic image pickup apparatus having an electronic image pickup device for converting a subject image into an electric signal; monitor means for displaying based on an electronic image signal output from the electronic image pickup apparatus; A silver halide photographing device for exposing to a salt film; storage means for storing image data of a subject image picked up by the electronic image pickup device and photographing information corresponding to the image data; assigned to each cartridge to identify the cartridge ID code search means for searching for the ID code that has been set, and the image data and the photographing information stored in the storage means corresponding to the ID code searched by the ID code search means, A camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging, which is output to a monitor means and displayed for viewing. 3. An electronic image pickup apparatus having an electronic image pickup device for converting a subject image into an electric signal; monitor means for displaying based on an electronic image signal output from the electronic image pickup apparatus; A silver halide photographing apparatus for exposing to a salt film; storage means for storing image data of a subject image photographed by the electronic imaging apparatus and photographing information corresponding to the image data; and a photographing date and time for searching for information relating to the photographing date and time And outputting the image data and the photographing information stored in the storage unit, corresponding to the date and time data retrieved by the photographing date and time retrieval unit, to the monitor unit and displaying the image data for browsing. A camera for both silver halide photography and electronic imaging.