Camera having a data imprinting device

Abstract

A camera having a data imprinting function, includes: a motorized film transport device for winding and rewinding a film having consecutive sprocket holes; a sprocket-hole detecting device which detects that each of the sprocket holes passes a predetermined position; a memory in which photographic data of a frame of the film is stored at a shutter release; a data imprinting device which reads out one of the photographic data stored in the memory therefrom to imprint one character of the photographic data on a corresponding frame of the film between two adjacent sprocket holes of the corresponding frame; a film moving amount detector for detecting an amount of movement of part of the film which extends from the trailing edge of the last frame of the film to the end of the film, in accordance with detection of the sprocket-hole detector; wherein the amount of movement, which is detected by the film moving amount detector, is stored in the memory; a frame edge detector which detects the trailing edge of the last frame when the film is rewound by the motorized film transport device in accordance with the amount of movement stored in the memory. The data imprinting device starts imprinting each of the photographic data stored in the memory on a corresponding frame of the film with reference to the trailing edge of the last frame detected by the frame edge detector, in accordance with detection of the sprocket-hole detector.

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