Automatic photographic film developing and scanning apparatus

An automatic photographing film developing and scanning apparatus, comprising:

• a film developing portion that automatically performs predetermined developing processing including developing processing, bleaching processing, fixing processing, stabilizing processing and drying processing for a photographed non-developed film led by a leader;
• a film scanning portion that scans a processed film developed by said film developing portion to generate a digitalized image;
• a film guide portion that guides said processed film to said film scanning portion, said film guide portion being disposed on a film transferring path between said film developing portion and said film scanning portion, and
• a film traveling direction changing device disposed on a film transferring path between said film developing portion and said film guide portion, said film traveling direction changing device being selectively operable to change a traveling direction of said processed film from and between a direction toward said film guide portion and a direction toward an outside of said film developing portion,
• said film guide portion having a leader cutting portion which cuts said leader from said processed film, and
• said film guide portion having a film stagnating portion which absorbs a film traveling speed difference between a film traveling speed in said film developing portion and a film traveling speed in said film scanning portion by temporarily slackening said processed film transferred from said film developing portion into a downwardly hanged loop before transferring said processed film to said scanning portion.