Camera capable of inputting data and selectively displaying image

A camera having a body and a lens barrel with a photographing optical system, said photographing optical system forming an object image, said object image being recorded to a recording medium detachably installed in said body, said camera comprising:

• a rotating ring that is rotatably provided on an outer circumference of said lens barrel;
• a rotational position detector that detects a rotational position of said rotating ring;
• a character memory, in which a plurality of characters is stored, character information, associated with the object image and defined on the basis of the plurality of characters, being set by an operator;
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• a character information recorder that selectively reads characters, corresponding to said character information, from the plurality of characters stored in said character memory, and records said character information in said recording medium as additional data;
• wherein said rotating ring operates as a device for setting said character information, said character information to be recorded in said recording medium being set in accordance with the rotational position of said rotating ring.

A camera having a body and a lens barrel with a photographing optical system, a plurality of object images being recorded in a recording medium detachably installed in said body, said camera comprising:

• a display that displays one object image from the plurality of object images recorded in said recording medium;
• a rotating ring that is rotatably provided on an outer circumference of said lens barrel;
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• a rotational position detector that detects a rotational position of said rotating ring;
• wherein the object image displayed on said display is selected from the plurality of object images in accordance with the rotational position of said rotating ring.

A lens barrel of a camera detachably mounted to a body of the camera, said lens barrel comprising:

• a photographing optical system that forms an object image, the object image being recorded in a recording medium detachably installed in said body, character information associated with the object being set by an operator and recorded in said recording medium;
• a rotating ring that is rotatably provided on an outer circumference of said rotating ring;
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• a rotational position detector that detects a rotational position of said lens barrel;
• wherein said rotating ring operates as a device for setting said character information, said character information to be recorded in said recording medium being set in accordance with the rotational position of said rotating ring.

A lens barrel of a camera detachably mounted to a body of the camera, a plurality of object images is recorded in a recording medium, one object image from the plurality of object images being displayed on a display provided at said body, said lens barrel comprising:

• a rotating ring that is rotatably provided on an outer circumference of said lens barrel;
• and
• a rotational position detector that detects a rotational position of said rotating ring;
• wherein said rotating ring operates as a device for selecting one object image from the plurality of object images, the object image being selected from the plurality of object images in accordance with the rotational position of said rotating ring.