Image pickup apparatus for image film

An image pickup apparatus for image film comprising:

• a film feeding means capable of intermittently feeding a film on which information including image information is recorded so as to intermittently stop each frame of the film at a predetermined image pickup position;
• a light irradiating means for irradiating light to the frame of the film stopped at the image pickup position;
• an image pickup means for picking up an image of the frame of the film which stopped at the image pickup position and to which light is irradiated by said light irradiating means and for converting the image into a video signal;
• an optical axis position moving means capable of moving an optical axis position of a light from the frame of the film stopped at the image pickup position to the image pickup means;
• a control means for controlling said film feeding means, image pickup means and optical axis position moving means and capable of selecting a first operation mode in which said film is intermittently fed by said film feeding means and images of respective frames of said film are sequentially picked up by the image pickup means, and a second operation mode in which, to the same frame of said film stopped at the image pickup position, a plurality of optical axis positions are selected with said optical axis position moving means, and, for respective optical axis positions, the image of the frame is picked up by the image pickup means;
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• a position detection means for detecting the position of said film passing through said image pickup position, wherein said control means controls said optical axis position moving means so as to correct shift of a positional relationship between the frame of said film at said image pickup position and said image pickup means based on the result of film position detection in said first operation mode.