JP2002350960A - Camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a camera easily used by a camera user. SOLUTION: This camera has a finder by which a screen frame meaning a trimming range set by an information setting means to set trimming range information is superimposed and displayed, a storing means to store an electronic image in a memory element, an electronic picture display means to display the electronic image on a picture monitor by reading it out and a mode setting member to select a first mode in which the trimming range is set for a next photographing frame and a second mode in which the trimming range is set for a photographing frame related to the electronic image, and the trimming range information set in the first mode is held even after changeover to the second mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a trimming camera, and more particularly to a camera capable of recording information on a trimming range in order to print only a specified range within a screen on a printing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a film called IX240 cartridge film has been put into practical use in place of a conventional 135 roll film (35 mm film). The feature of this film resides in that a magnetic recording section as an information recording section is provided. By using this magnetic recording unit, a range to be printed in a photographing screen (this is called a trimming range) is set at the time of photographing and recorded in the above-mentioned magnetic recording unit. At the time of printing, based on the recorded information, It is possible to perform trimming printing. This eliminates the need for a mechanism for shielding the exposure opening to the film with a trimming mask member during photographing, and simplifies the configuration of the camera. As a camera capable of such trimming print designation, a camera having a configuration in which a trimming print range is represented by three screen sizes and one of the screen sizes is selected is currently in practical use.
In other words, the configuration is such that the trimming print range is selected from among three types set in advance, and it can be rephrased as a camera whose screen size can be selected. Here, looking at the practically used trimming camera, the three screen sizes have dimensions as shown in FIG. That is, the screen for one frame of this film is
The size is 6.7 mm and the width is 30.2 mm, which is usually called H type (high definition size type). On the other hand, a size in which the vertical dimension is kept as it is and the horizontal dimension is set to 23 mm is usually called a C type (conventional size type). A size in which the vertical dimension is set to 10 mm while maintaining the horizontal dimension is generally called a P type (panoramic size type). The aspect ratio of these sizes is 1: 1 for the C type.
5, H type is 1: 1.8 and P type is 1: 2.8. By the way, if the screen size at the time of printing can be set on the camera side, a mechanism that can easily confirm which screen size is currently selected is naturally required. As means for this, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
As disclosed in JP-A-250283, a screen frame is superimposed on an observation image in a finder by a liquid crystal display, or as disclosed in JP-A-7-159864, a viewfinder is mechanically adjusted. It is known that the mask is used.

[0003]

However, a camera having a mechanism for displaying a screen frame in a viewfinder as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-250283 is known.
Although there is an advantage that it is easy to recognize the trimming range with respect to the entire photographing screen, the range omitted at the time of print creation can be viewed by the user together with the trimming range, so that there is a risk of erroneous recognition.

On the other hand, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-159864, a camera having a mechanism for mechanically masking the finder field of view is easy to image a completed print because only the print range can be seen, but on the other hand, the surrounding area can be easily imaged. When there is an important subject, there is a risk that the subject may be photographed without being noticed.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a camera which is easy to use for a camera user.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera capable of recording trimming range information at the time of print creation in an information recording section of a film. Information setting means for setting, a finder capable of superimposing and displaying a screen frame indicating the trimming range set by the information setting means, in synchronization with the film exposure operation,
A storage unit for storing an electronic image substantially equivalent to a subject image exposed on the film in a memory element, and an electronic image display unit for reading the electronic image stored in the storage unit and displaying the electronic image on an image monitor A first mode in which a trimming range can be set for the next photographed frame by the information setting means, and no display is performed by the electronic image display means; and a display of the electronic image by the electronic image display means. And a mode setting member for selecting a second mode in which a trimming range can be set for a photographing frame associated with the electronic image by the information setting means. The trimming range information set in the first mode is retained even after switching to the second mode, and the trimming range information is switched from the second mode to the first mode. Upon returning to is characterized in that to perform the superimpose display in the finder on the basis of the retained information.

In order to achieve the above object, a second aspect of the present invention
The camera is a camera capable of recording the trimming range information at the time of print creation in the film information recording unit, information setting means for setting the trimming range information,
A finder capable of superimposing a screen frame indicating a trimming range set by the information setting means, and an electronic image substantially equivalent to a subject image exposed on the film in synchronization with an exposure operation on the film. Storage means for storing the electronic image stored in the storage means, and an electronic image display means for reading the electronic image stored in the storage means and displaying the electronic image on an image monitor, and displaying the image by the electronic image display means. The setting target frame of the trimming range by the information setting means is changed depending on whether or not the setting is performed. In order to achieve the above object, the third camera of the present invention is the above-mentioned second camera, wherein the trimming range set in a state where the image is not displayed by the electronic image display means is set to a next photographing frame. Wherein the trimming range set in a state where the image is displayed by the electronic image display means is for a photographed frame associated with the electronic image. In order to achieve the above object, the fourth camera of the present invention is characterized in that in the second camera, the trimming range information set in a state in which the electronic image display means does not perform image display uses the electronic image display. The state is maintained even after switching to the state in which image display is performed by the means, and when the state is switched again to the state in which image display by the electronic image display means is not performed, the finder is displayed based on the stored information. Is characterized in that a superimposed display is provided.

[0008] To achieve the above object, a fifth aspect of the present invention is provided.
A camera capable of recording trimming range information, an information setting means for setting the trimming range information, and a finder capable of superimposing and displaying a screen frame indicating the trimming range set by the information setting means. Memory means for storing an electronic image captured by an image sensor in a memory element, electronic image display means for reading out the electronic image stored in the storage means and displaying it on an image monitor, and information setting means In a first mode in which a trimming range can be set for the next photographed frame and no display is performed by the electronic image display means, and in a state where the electronic image is displayed by the electronic image display means, A second mode in which a trimming range can be set for a photographed frame associated with the electronic image by the information setting means; And a mode setting member for selecting, the trimming range information set in the first mode is retained even after switching to the second mode, and the trimming range information is changed in the second mode. It is characterized in that it is not performed. In order to achieve the above object, the sixth camera of the present invention is arranged such that, when the fifth camera returns from the second mode to the first mode, the sixth camera is based on the stored information. A superimposed display in the finder is performed.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, main parts of the embodiment of the present invention will be schematically described. First, this camera is configured to be able to create an electronic image substantially equivalent to the subject image exposed on the film in synchronization with the exposure operation on the silver halide film. Second, an electronic view for displaying the electronic image
It has electronic image display means such as a finder and a monitor device. Third, it is possible to set information to be referred to at the time of print creation for each photographed frame. Fourth, when the electronic image is displayed on the screen of the electronic image display means, a process is performed in consideration of the print reference information. Also,
As described above, the print reference information is, for example, various information that is referred to for correction of an image when printing an image recorded on a silver halide film, such as a trimming print range, print density, and color correction. is there.

Next, as a first embodiment of the present invention, a case where a range of a trimming print is used as reference information will be described. Although the following description is based on a camera capable of setting the three types of trimming print ranges that have been put into practical use, this is a camera in which the trimming print range can be set arbitrarily. It goes without saying that the present invention can be applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, the camera of this embodiment comprises a control circuit 9 for controlling a camera sequence, and various mechanisms which operate according to control signals from the control circuit 9. The taking lens mounted on the camera is provided with a taking optical system 1 and an aperture member 13. The aperture member 13 is driven by an aperture driving mechanism 20 so that the aperture member 13 is stopped down to a set aperture opening value during photographing. A movable mirror 2 for reflecting the subject light upward is disposed in a mirror box (not shown) of the camera body behind the photographing optical system 1. Above the movable mirror 2, a focusing screen 3 for forming a subject image is arranged, and further above the movable screen 2, a liquid crystal display panel 39 for superimposing a screen frame in a finder is arranged. . As shown in FIG. 3, 16 display elements 100 are provided on the liquid crystal display panel 39.
To 115 are arranged, and the above three screen frames are displayed by combining these lighting / lighting out. If the H type print is selected, the display elements 100, 108, 109, 110, 10
1, 111, 112 and 113 light up. If the C type print is selected, the display element 10
0, 103, 106, 104, 101, 105, 10
7, 102 light up. If the P-type print is selected, the display elements 114, 109, and 11 are displayed.
5, 112 light up. Which of the display elements is turned on is determined by the liquid crystal drive circuit 40 based on an instruction from the control circuit 9. Above the liquid crystal display panel 39, a pentaprism 4 for reversing the left and right of the subject image is fixedly provided, and a finder eyepiece 5 is provided on the pentaprism 4 on the emission side of the subject light.

The movable mirror 2 has a half-mirror structure, and a sub-mirror 6 is arranged behind the movable mirror 2. When observing a subject, a part of the subject light is obliquely directed downward by the sub-mirror 6 in the drawing. It is led to. The movable mirror 2 has a movable shaft 2a above the mirror box, and the sub-mirror 6 has a movable shaft 6a at the bottom side of the mirror box. Is done. An imaging device 8 for converting a subject image into analog image data is provided at the bottom of the mirror box, and receives the subject light reflected by the sub-mirror 6. The image sensor 8 is connected to an image processing circuit 10, which is controlled by a control signal from a control circuit 9, converts analog image data from the image sensor 8 into digital image data,
The imaging device 8 is controlled. The image processing circuit 10
Is bidirectionally connected to the image memory 12, stores digital image data in the image memory 12 in accordance with a control signal from the control circuit 9, reads image data stored in the image memory 12, Display screen 53
Or to be displayed. Further, the image processing circuit 10
Performs masking of a display image based on screen size information from the control circuit 9 when displaying image data on the monitor 11. This will be described later with a specific example. The silver halide film 15 loaded in the camera body is driven by a film feeding mechanism 23, and the feeding amount is detected by a feeding amount detecting mechanism 24.

A magnetic recording unit (not shown) is provided on the back surface (base surface) of the silver halide film 15 so that magnetic information can be recorded by a magnetic head 25. The recording data to the magnetic recording unit is generated by the control circuit 9,
The magnetic recording circuit 26 receives the magnetic recording data and drives the magnetic head 25. A shutter 14 is disposed on the front surface of the silver halide film 15, and is opened and closed by a shutter driving mechanism 22 during photographing. The control circuit 9 includes a back cover switch 31 for detecting the open / closed state of the back cover of the camera, a mode switch 32 for setting one of a photographing mode and a display mode, and a release switch 3.
3, a display up switch 34 and a display down switch 35 for selecting an image to be displayed on the monitor 11;
An H switch 36 for instructing type print, a C switch 37 for instructing C type print, a P switch 38 for instructing P type print, and a rewind switch 41 for instructing execution of rewind operation are connected. ing.
These H switch 36, C switch 37, P switch 3
Numeral 8 constitutes at least a part of an information setting means for setting a trimming print range as print reference information. The display up switch 34 and the display down switch 35 constitute at least a part of the display image selecting means.

FIG. 4 is an external view of a single-lens reflex camera to which the present invention is applied. The eyepiece 57 of the finder eyepiece 5 is provided at the upper part of the back of the camera body 42, the release button 40 is provided at the grip, and the monitor 11 is provided at the center of the back.
Are provided with monitor screens 53 for displaying images. The monitor screen 53 of the monitor 11 constitutes electronic image display means. Outside the monitor screen 53, there is provided a slide mode setting member 44 which is manually operated to selectively set any one of the photographing mode and the display mode, and includes an EXP mark and a DISP. Mar
The mode switch 32 described above is actuated by sliding between the switches. Also, the monitor screen 4 on the back
On the opposite side of the mode setting member 44 with the 3 in between, an up button 45 for selecting and displaying an already stored image is displayed.
And two push-type buttons of a down button 46 are arranged. The up button 45 activates the display up switch 34, and the down button 46 operates the display down switch 35.
Activate Below the down button 46, an H type selection button 47 for operating the H switch 36 and a C type selection button 48 for operating the C switch 37 are provided.
And a P-type selection button 49 for operating the above-described P switch 38 are arranged. These H type selection buttons 47,
The C type selection button 48 and the P type selection button 49 constitute at least a part of information setting means for setting a trimming print range as print reference information. The up button 45 and the down button 46 constitute at least a part of the display screen selecting means.

When the camera body 42 is pointed at the subject 41, the image of the subject 41 can be observed through the eyepiece 5 of the optical viewfinder. Here, the mode setting member 4
When the setting of “4” on the “EXP” side is input to the control circuit 9, the exposure operation becomes possible. When the release button 40 is operated in this state, the subject 41 is exposed on the silver halide film 15. In synchronization with this exposure operation, the silver halide film 15
An electronic image substantially equivalent to the subject image that has been exposed is stored in the image memory 12. On the other hand, when the mode setting member 44 is set to the “DISP” side, the control circuit 9 causes the image stored in the image memory 12 to be reproduced. When the up button 45 or the down button 46 is operated with the mode setting member 44 set to the “DISP” side, an image other than the currently displayed image (the down button 46) is displayed.
Is operated, the previous image is displayed, and if the up button 45 is operated, the next image is displayed. At this time, if the P type or C type is selected at the time of shooting, a part of the screen is masked and displayed as shown as PM and CM in FIG. 5 accordingly. In this state, when one of the H type selection button 47, C type selection button 48, and P type selection button 49 is operated again to select a different screen size, the masking range is changed according to the new screen size.

That is, when using the camera of this embodiment, the user can visually recognize the entire photographing screen with the finder (the finder eyepiece 5, the eyepiece 57, etc.), and the monitor screen 57 (the monitor 11). )
The finder (finder eyepiece 5, eyepiece 57) determines whether or not there is an important subject in a portion that is omitted by trimming because the print range is displayed.
Can be confirmed by It is also easy to imagine a print photograph. Further, the line indicating the screen frame is superimposed in the finder by the liquid crystal display panel 39 to such an extent that the advantages described above are not impaired, so that it becomes easier to use.

Next, the operation of the camera configured as described above will be described with reference to the operation flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the main sequence.
In this flowchart, for simplicity, only the operation after the loading of the film cartridge is described. First, the open / close state of the back cover is detected by checking on / off of the back cover switch 31 in S1. When it is determined that the camera back cover is closed with the film cartridge loaded, the <empty feed> subroutine of S2 is executed to feed the film 15 to the first frame. Subsequently, in S3, the film information such as the film sensitivity and the number of photographed images is read from the information recording portion provided in the film cartridge.
Then, in S4, all the ratio registers are initialized with 0. This ratio register is a register for storing the screen size of each frame, and is prepared corresponding to each photographed frame.
Is operated, "0" is set when the C type selection button 48 is operated, and "2" is set when the P type selection button 49 is operated. Therefore, by putting "0" in all the ratio registers for all the number of photographed frames in S4, the H type print is selected in the initial state. Next, at step S5, "1" is entered into the frame number counter to initialize. Next, in S6, a value obtained by subtracting 1 from the contents of the frame number counter is set in the address register. This address register is a register for setting the address of the subject image stored in the image memory 12 in association with the photographed frame number.

Subsequently, the mode switch 32 linked to the mode setting member 44 is checked in S7. Here, if the mode setting member 44 is not set to the photographing mode (the EXP mark side), the display mode is shifted to by executing the <display> subroutine of S8. This display mode will be described later. On the other hand, if the shooting mode is set, the release switch 33 linked to the release button 40 is checked in S9. Mode setting member 4
If No. 4 is set to the shooting mode and the release button 40 is not operated, S7 → S9 → S10 is repeated while executing the subroutine of <display in F> in S10.

Here, the subroutine <display in F> will be described with reference to FIG. This subroutine is a subroutine for superimposing a screen frame corresponding to the selected screen size in the finder. In this subroutine, it is determined in S100 whether or not the P switch 38 for instructing P-type printing is ON, and if it is ON, "2" is stored in the ratio register corresponding to the current photographing frame in S101. And the process proceeds to S106. If it is not ON, it is determined in step S102 whether or not the C switch 37 for instructing the C type print is ON. If it is ON, the ratio register corresponding to the current photographed frame is stored in S103 in step S103. 1 ”, and S106
Proceed to. If it is not ON, it is determined in step S104 whether or not the H switch 36 for instructing H-type printing is ON. If it is ON, the ratio register corresponding to the current photographing frame is stored in S105 in step S105. 0 ”, and S10
Proceed to 6. If the H switch 36 is not ON,
The process proceeds to S106 without changing the contents of the ratio register. S1
In step 06, the contents of the ratio register are stored in the liquid crystal drive circuit 4 described above.
Transfer to 0. The liquid crystal drive circuit 40 that has received it selectively turns on the display elements 100 to 115 as described above, and superimposes the screen frame in the finder.

Returning to S9 in FIG. 6, when the release button 40 is operated and the release switch 33 is turned on, the program proceeds to S50.
The exposure operation is performed by the <exposure> subroutine.
In this exposure operation, the movable mirror 2 is raised, the sub-mirror 6 is lowered, the aperture operation is performed by the aperture member 13, then the shutter 14 is opened, and the operation of exposing the subject image on the silver halide film is performed. The details are well-known techniques, and a description thereof will be omitted. When the exposure operation is completed, S1
At 1, an image capture instruction signal is sent to the image processing circuit 10. Upon receiving this signal, the image processing circuit 10
The imaging device 8 converts the subject image on the image forming plane into analog image data and transfers the analog image data to the image processing circuit 10, which converts the image into digital image data and captures it. Next, after transferring the current contents of the address register to the image processing circuit 10 in S12, an image storage instruction signal is sent in S13. The image processing circuit 10 sets a memory area of the image memory 12 corresponding to the address data, and stores the image data in a designated area of the image memory 12 according to the image storage instruction signal. Therefore, the image data stored in the image memory 12 is stored in association with the number of photographed frames. As described above, since the operation of storing digital image data is performed in synchronization with the operation of exposing the silver halide film 15, the image optically recorded on the silver halide film 15 and the image stored in the image memory 12 are substantially equivalent. become.

Next, in step S14, an image display instruction signal is transferred to the image processing circuit 10, and then, in step S15, the contents of the ratio register corresponding to the frame photographed immediately before are transferred. Upon receiving this, the image processing circuit 10 displays the captured image data on the monitor 11 and performs a masking process on the display screen as shown in FIG. 5 according to the contents of the ratio register. This process is a process of superimposing and displaying a monochromatic (for example, white) mask (screen frame portion) on a subject image, and thereby enables a print job created in a development laboratory to be checked in advance. Next, in S16, it is determined whether or not the current frame is the last frame. In this method, the number of shots read from the information recording portion provided on the film cartridge is compared with the content of the current frame number counter, and if they match, it is determined that the last frame has been exposed. Is what you do. Here, when it is determined that the frame is not the last frame, the process proceeds to S17, and the <one frame winding> subroutine is executed.

Here, the subroutine <one frame winding> will be described with reference to FIG. First, in S201, a film feed motor (included in the film feed mechanism 23)
To rotate forward. Next, a <magnetic recording> subroutine is executed in S202. This <magnetic recording> subroutine
During the feeding operation of the film 15, the contents of the ratio register are sequentially recorded in the magnetic recording portion on the surface of the silver halide film from the least significant bit to the most significant bit one by one. Since various specific methods for magnetic recording have been conventionally proposed, detailed description thereof will be omitted. And
After waiting for winding of one frame in S203, the film feeding motor is stopped in S204, and the routine returns.

Returning to FIG. 6, when the winding of one frame is completed,
At 18, one is added to the frame number counter. Then, in S19, it is checked whether the rewind switch 41 is pressed. If the rewind switch 41 has not been pressed, S6 is performed again.
And the above processing is repeated. On the other hand, if it is determined in S16 that the last frame, the rewind switch 41 is determined in S20.
Is checked, and if the rewind switch 41 is not pressed, the mode switch 32 is checked in S21. If the rewind switch 41 is not turned on and the mode switch 32 is set to the photographing mode, steps S20 to S21 are repeated. On the other hand, if the mode switch 32 has been switched to the display mode,
Proceeding to S22, the <monitor display> subroutine is executed as in S8. On the other hand, if it is detected in S20 that the rewind switch 41 is pressed, a <rewind> subroutine is executed in S23. This subroutine is for film 1
In addition to the function of rewinding 5, the function of magnetically recording the contents of the above-described ratio register in the magnetic recording unit of each photographing frame during the rewinding operation is also included. The same rewinding operation is performed when it is determined in S19 that the rewind switch 41 has been pressed.

Here, the rewind operation by the <rewind> subroutine will be described with reference to FIG. This subroutine is executed when the rewind switch 41 is operated.
To be rewound into the cartridge. This subroutine also has a function of recording the contents of the above-mentioned ratio register in a magnetic recording unit corresponding to each photographing frame. First, in S301, a film feeding motor (not shown) included in the film feeding mechanism 23 is rotated in reverse to start rewinding. Next, the above-described <magnetic recording> subroutine is executed in S302. In the magnetic recording unit, the contents of the ratio register corresponding to each photographed frame have already been recorded in the <one frame winding> subroutine described above, but the photographer has changed the print size after that. Therefore, it is necessary to perform magnetic recording even in the rewinding operation. still,
In the magnetic recording at the time of rewinding, re-recording may be performed only for the photographed frame whose setting has been changed. Since this recording operation is completed in a shorter time than the rewinding of the silver halide film by one frame, after returning from the <magnetic recording> subroutine, the process waits in S303 for the rewinding of one frame to be completed. . When rewinding of one frame is completed, "1" is subtracted from the frame number counter in S304, and it is checked in S305 whether the frame number counter has become "0". If the frame number counter has not yet reached "0", the flow returns to S302 again to record the number data of the next frame. On the other hand, when the frame number counter becomes "0", it is determined that rewinding has been completed, and after waiting a predetermined time in S306, the film feeding motor is stopped in S307 and the process returns.

Returning to FIG. 6, when the rewind operation is completed, S
At 24, the process waits until the back cover switch 31 is opened. When the back cover switch 31 is opened (that is, when the film cartridge is removed), all the image data in the image memory 12 is erased at S25, and then to S26. To set the number of frames to 0 to clear the contents. The reason why all the digital image data stored in the image memory 12 is deleted is that the digital image data stored in the image memory 12 corresponds to the image optically recorded on the silver halide film 15. Therefore, when the film cartridge is taken out, there is no need to store the image data thereafter, and if left as it is, the photographer may be confused when performing a shooting operation with a new film cartridge. There is danger.

Next, the <monitor display> subroutine of FIG. 10 will be described. First, in S401, it is checked whether the content of the address register is 0 or not. If the content of the address register is 0 at this point, the image has not been shot yet, and the image data to be displayed is not stored in the image memory 12, so the process returns. On the other hand, if the content of the address register is not 1, that is, if at least one image data is stored, the contents of the address register, the image reading instruction signal, and the ratio corresponding to the address register are passed from S402 to S405. The contents of the register and the display instruction signal are transferred to the image processing circuit 10 in this order. The image processing circuit 10 sets a memory area of the image memory 12 corresponding to the address data,
The image data is read from the storage area set according to the image reading instruction signal, and the read image data is masked and displayed on the monitor 11 according to the image display instruction signal.

Next, in S406, it is determined whether or not the P switch 38 for instructing P-type printing is ON, and if it is ON, the ratio register corresponding to the current photographing frame is stored in S407 in S407. "2" is entered, and the flow proceeds to S412.
If it is not ON, it is determined in step S408 whether or not the C switch 37 for instructing C type printing is ON. If it is ON, the ratio register corresponding to the current photographed frame is stored in S409 in step S409. 1 ", and the process proceeds to S412. If it is not ON, it is determined in step S410 whether the H switch 36 for instructing H-type printing is ON, and if it is ON, the ratio register corresponding to the current shooting frame is stored in S411 in step S411. "0" is entered and the process proceeds to S412. If the H switch 36 is not ON, the process proceeds to S412 without changing the content of the ratio register. Next, S4
Display down switch 3 linked to down button 46 at 12
4, the state of the display up switch 33 linked to the up button 45 in S416 and the state of the mode setting switch 31 linked to the mode setting member 44 are checked in S420. In this series of checks, if both the display down switch 34 and the display up switch 33 are not ON and the mode setting switch 31 is not set to the photographing mode, SS412 and subsequent steps are repeated. On the other hand, if it is determined in S420 that the mode setting switch 31 has been returned to the shooting mode, the process returns. As described above, the display up switch 34 and the display down switch 35 are switches for displaying an image other than the currently displayed image. If the down switch 35 is ON, the previous image is displayed. If 34 is ON, the next image can be selected. If it is determined in S412 that the display down switch 35 is ON, then in S413
It is checked whether the contents of the address register are 1 or not. If the content of the address register is not 1 at this time, the content of the address register is decremented by 1 in S414, and after waiting for a predetermined time in S415 to prevent a malfunction due to chattering, the process returns to S402 and returns to the selected image. Is displayed. On the other hand, if the content of the address register is 1, it means that the first shot image data has already been displayed, and it is not possible to go back to an earlier image. Therefore, the process returns to S406 without performing any processing. If the display up switch 34 is determined to be ON in S416, the contents of the address register and the contents of the frame number counter are compared in S417, and the contents of the address register and the contents of the frame number counter are equal. If not, the content of the address register is incremented by one in S418, and in S419, the process returns to S402 after waiting for a predetermined time to prevent a malfunction due to chattering, and displays the selected image. On the other hand, if the contents of the address register and the contents of the frame number counter are equal in S417, the operation of the display up switch 34 is ignored since the currently displayed image is the latest frame, and the process returns to S406.

With such a configuration, the trimming print range once set can be reset while confirming the image at an arbitrary time thereafter.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, a camera which is easy to use for a camera user can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing film screen dimensions in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing display elements of a screen frame in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a camera rear appearance in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a switching state of a monitor screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flowchart in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a flowchart in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a flowchart in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a flowchart in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a flowchart in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Penta Prism 5 Viewfinder Eyepiece 9 Control Circuit 10 Image Processing Circuit 11 Monitor 12 Image Memory 15 Silver Film 26 Magnetic Recording Circuit 34 Display Up Switch 35 Display Down Switch 36 H Switch 37 C Switch 38 P Switch 39 Liquid Crystal Display 44 Mode setting member 45 Up button 46 Down button 47 H type selection button 48 C type selection button 49 P type selection button 53 Monitor screen 57 Eyepiece

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A camera capable of recording trimming range information at the time of print creation in an information recording section of a film, comprising: an information setting means for setting the trimming range information; and a trimming range set by the information setting means. A viewfinder capable of superimposing a screen frame shown on the screen, and a storage means for storing, in a memory element, an electronic image substantially equivalent to a subject image exposed on the film in synchronization with the exposure operation on the film; An electronic image display unit for reading the electronic image stored in the storage unit and displaying the electronic image on an image monitor; and a trimming range for a next photographing frame can be set by the information setting unit. In a first mode in which no display is performed by the means, and in a state in which the electronic image is displayed by the electronic image display means, A mode setting member for selecting a second mode in which a trimming range can be set for a photographing frame associated with the electronic image by the information setting means, and a mode setting member for setting the trimming range. The trimming range information is retained even after switching to the second mode, and when returning from the second mode to the first mode, the trimming range information in the finder is stored based on the retained information. A camera characterized in that a superimposed display is provided. 2. A camera capable of recording trimming range information at the time of print creation in an information recording section of a film, comprising: an information setting means for setting the trimming range information; and a trimming range set by the information setting means. A viewfinder capable of superimposing a screen frame shown on the screen, and a storage means for storing, in a memory element, an electronic image substantially equivalent to a subject image exposed on the film in synchronization with the exposure operation on the film; Electronic image display means for reading out the electronic image stored in the storage means and displaying the electronic image on an image monitor, wherein the information is displayed in accordance with whether or not an image is displayed by the electronic image display means. A camera wherein a setting target frame of a trimming range is changed by a setting means. 3. A trimming range set in a state where the image display by the electronic image display means is not performed is for a next photographing frame, and is set in a state where the image display by the electronic image display means is performed. 3. The camera according to claim 2, wherein the set trimming range is for a shooting frame associated with the electronic image. 4. The trimming range information set in a state where image display by the electronic image display means is not performed is retained even after switching to a state in which image display by the electronic image display means is performed. 3. A superimposed display in the viewfinder based on the stored information when the electronic image display is switched to a state in which image display by the electronic image display unit is not performed. The camera according to. 5. A camera capable of recording trimming range information, wherein information setting means for setting the trimming range information, and a screen frame indicating the trimming range set by the information setting means can be superimposed and displayed. A finder, a storage unit for storing an electronic image captured by the imaging device in a memory element, an electronic image display unit for reading the electronic image stored in the storage unit and displaying the electronic image on an image monitor, and the information setting unit A trimming range can be set for the next photographed frame by the first mode in which the display by the electronic image display means is not performed, and a state in which the electronic image is displayed by the electronic image display means. A second mode in which the information setting means can set a trimming range for a photographed frame associated with the electronic image And a mode setting member for selecting. The trimming range information set in the first mode is retained even after switching to the second mode, and in the second mode, A camera characterized in that it is not changed. 6. A superimposed display in the viewfinder based on the stored information when returning from the second mode to the first mode. Item 6. The camera according to Item 5.