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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1994
Takashi Saegusa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidehiro Ogawa, Funabashi, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera comprises a photographing data memory for storing data determined for each photographing at the time of photographing, a setting memory for determining whether to store the photographing data or not, a remaining memory capacity discriminator for outputting a first signal when a memory area to store the photographing data is present and outputting a second signal when the memory area to store the photographing data is exhausted. When the second signal is outputted, an alarm is displayed or a release operation is inhibited. In accordance with another aspect, the camera may comprise an inhibit circuit for comparing a memory capacity necessary to store the photographing data and a film end mark with a remaining memory capacity and inhibiting the storing of the photographing data when the remaining memory capacity is smaller than the required memory capacity. In accordance with another aspect, the camera may comprise an inhibit circuit to inhibit the updating of the setting of the type of the photographing data to be stored when a film loaded in the camera is in the course of photographing.