Camera using film having magnetic recording portion

U.S. Patent Number: 5343264

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data on/from a magnetic recording portion formed on part of a photosensitive film, which magnetic heads can be urged/withdrawn against/from the film.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.

Inventors: Itoh; Junichi (Tokyo, JP), Dai; Masahiro (Tokyo, JP), Watanabe; Yoji (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)

Application Number: 08/080,227

Issued: 1994-08-30

Expired: 2006-08-30

Classes: 396/263 ; 396/284; 396/319

Field of search: 354/76,105,106,217,218,275,471-475,289.1 360/128,137

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