Camera

A camera capable of photographing a to-be-photographed object and picking up an electronic image of the object, said camera comprising:

• a photographing device that exposes a silver film to light to photograph a to-be-photographed object;
• an electronic image pickup device that converts an image of the to-be-photographed object into an electric signal used to display the image on a monitor;
• a first manual operation member adapted to be used by a user to instruct the camera to perform photography using the silver film, and a second manual operation member adapted to be used by a user to instruct the camera to perform image pickup, said first and second manual operation members having a positional relationship adapted to correspond to the anatomy of a human hand;
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• control means for controlling at least one of the photographic device and the electronic image pickup device based on an operation state of one of the first and second manual operation members assumed when the other of the first and second operation members is operated.

A camera capable of photographing a to-be-photographed object and picking up an electronic image of the object, said camera comprising:

• a photographing device that exposes a silver film to light to photograph a to-be-photographed object;
• a digital image pickup device that converts an image of the to-be-photographed object into an electronic signal used to displaying the image on a monitor;
• a first switch that generates a first manual operation signal, said first switch operating in synchronism with an operation of a release button that instructs photography using the silver film;
• a second switch that generates a second manual operation signal, said second switch operating in synchronism with an operation of a button that instructs digital image pickup;
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• control means for simultaneously operating the photographing device and the digital image pickup device only when both the first and second manual operation signals have been output.

A camera equipped with a monitor, said camera comprising:

• exposure means for exposing a silver film to light to print a to-be-photographed object on the silver film;
• electronic image pickup means for converting an image of the to-be-photographed object to an electric signal;
• monitor means for displaying the to-be-photographed object based on the electric signal produced by the electronic image pickup means;
• a first manual operation member related to electronic image pickup, and a second manual operation member related to photography using the silver film;
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• control means for selectively executing, based on an operation of one of the first and second manual operation members performed when the other of the first and second manual operation members has been operated, a plurality of operations which include:
• (i) a first operation for photographing the object using the exposure means, (ii) a second operation for displaying the object on the monitor means, and (iii) a third operation for simultaneously executing the first and second operations.

A camera comprising:

• a photographing mechanism that exposes a silver film to light to photograph a to-be-photographed object;
• an electronic image pickup mechanism having a predetermined image pickup element that receives light indicative of the object and that records the received light as image data;
• a plurality of operation members including a first manual operation member and a second manual operation member;
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• a controller that selectively operates the photographing mechanism and the electronic image pickup mechanism based on an operation state of one of the first and second manual operation members assumed when the other of the first and second operation members is operated.