Film video player/printer

In a film video player including photographic printer means for making an optical print from a photographic film corresponding to a film image displayed on a video monitor, the improvement comprising:

• (a) electronic display means for selectively displaying a rectangular reticle on said video monitor, the orientation of the reticle portraying the format of a print to be made;
• (b) rotating means for selectively effecting a rotation of the film image about an optical centerline perpendicular to the plane of the film;
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• (c) logic and control means, having an output coupled to said rotating means and an input responsive to the reticle displayed, for causing said rotating means to selectively rotate the film image in accordance with the framing format portrayed so that said printer means makes a photographic print corresponding to the image displayed in the format portrayed on said video monitor.

In a film video player including photographic printer means for making an optical print from a photographic film corresponding to a film image displayed on a video monitor, the improvement comprising:

• (a) electronic display means for selectively displaying a rectangular reticle on said video monitor, the orientation of the reticle portraying the format of a print to be made;
• (b) rotating means for selectively effecting a rotation of an image corresponding to that of the photographic film, to provide a video display of the film image in a normal viewing orientation;
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• (c) logic and control means, having an input responsive to the framing format portrayed by the reticle and an output coupled to said rotating means, for causing said rotating means to rotate the photographic film in a printing mode, to cause said printer means to make a photographic print corresponding to the image displayed in the reticle in the format portrayed.

In a film video player/printer apparatus having a solid state image sensor for producing a video signal to display an image of a photographic film on a video monitor, zoom means for selectively varying the magnification of the image displayed, cropping means for displaying a portion of the film image by translating the magnified image along first and second orthogonal directions, and photographic printer means for making an optical print from the film corresponding to a magnified image displayed on said video monitor, the improvement comprising:

• (a) electronic display means for selectively rotating a given rectangular reticle on said video monitor, the reticle portraying the border, and thereby the format, of a print to be made;
• (b) rotating means, responsive to an input supplied by an operator, for selectively effecting a rotation of the photographic film, to orient the portion of the magnified film image displayed in a normal viewing position of the operator;
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• (c) logic and control means, having an input responsive to the reticle displayed and an output coupled to said rotating means, for selectively rotating the photographic film relative to said printer means, to cause said printer means to make a photographic print corresponding to the portion of the magnified image displayed in the reticle selected.