Apparatus for loading a photographic camera with a film specified by a customer

Apparatus for loading film into a photographic camera, the camera including an external housing having at least one movable closure which, in an open position of the closure, enables a discrete filmstrip to be loaded from an exterior of the camera into the camera, said camera includes a memory feature which stores and communicates information, said apparatus comprising:

• a frame;
• a station supported by said frame for a camera to be loaded;
• a customer interface supported by said frame for inputting a first signal corresponding to a type of film desired for a camera;
• a source supported by said frame for unexposed photographic film, said source including at least one type of unexposed photographic film;
• a film loading member supported by said frame and extended between said source and said station for guiding film from said source into a camera at said station;
• a mechanism supported by said frame for driving film from said source, via said film loading member, and to a camera at said station;
• means responsive to said first signal for controlling said source and said mechanism for driving to deliver the desired film to a camera;
• and
• means for communicating to the memory feature information about at least one of a number of exposures to be loaded into the camera, film speed, number of permitted reloads for the camera, photo-finishing instructions, and time and date request for each exposure.