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Apparatus for operating a film camera

US5282040A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 25, 1992
Grant dateJan 25, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 25, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0086
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for operating a conventional film camera having a conventional film back and defining an image plane, in an electronic mode of operation including a video module insertable inside a camera in the place of a conventional film and forward of the conventional film back and comprising a detector array disposed in the image plane and electronic circuitry associated with the detector array for still video image acquisition.

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