Patent
1993-06-21
1994-08-30
Gellner, Michael L.
354 76, 354275, 3542891, G03B 1724, G03B 2900, G03B 1726, G03B 1700
Patent
active
053432649
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a camera using a film having a magnetic recording portion, which has magnetic heads for recording/reading data on/from a magnetic recording portion formed on part of a photosensitive film, which magnetic heads can be urged/withdrawn against/from the film. In this camera, data representing the number of times that a film feed operation or a photographic operation is performed is stored in a storage unit, and necessity to clean the magnetic heads is determined on the basis of the data. If it is determined that cleaning must be performed, a warning unit performs a warning display or inhibits a photographic operation.
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Dai Masahiro
Itoh Jun-ichi
Watanabe Yoji
Gellner Michael L.
Noh Jae N.
Olympus Optical Co,. Ltd.
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