Fiche camera with selective frame skip mechanism
Abstract
Abstract A FICHE CAMERA ARRANGEMENT IS PROVIDED FOR EXPOSING FRAMES OF A FILM STRIP WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY IS CONVERTED TO A MATRIX ARRAY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC FRAMES ON A FICHE, AND THE CAMERA INCLUDES A SKIP ARRANGEMENT FOR SELECTIVELY ADVANCING THE FILM BY (1) ONE OR MORE FRAMES IN THE COLUMN OF A FICHE, (2) ONE OR MORE COLUMNS IN A FICHE, OR (3) ONE OR MORE FICHES IN A REEL OF FILM. A FICHE COORDINATE COUNTING ARRANGEMENT IS PROVIDED FOR VISUALLY DISPLAYING THE FRAME, COLUMN, AND FICHE NUMBERS AS THE STRIP FILM IS EXPOSED. SELECTIVE SKIPPING IS ACCOMPLISHED BY OPERATING THE FILM TRANSPORT MECHANISM AND THE FICHE COORDINATE COUNTING ARRANGEMENT EACH TIME THE SKIPPING ARRANGEMENT IS OPERATED. IF A PREFERRED FICHE MAKING PROCESS IS EMPLOYED, WHICH PROCESS REQUIRES SKIPPING ONE FRAME AFTER EACH FICHE COLUMN, THEN THE SKIPPING ARRANGEMENT IS INRANGEMENT WHENEVER A FRAME FOLLOWING A FICHE COLUMN IS SKIPPED.
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- 👤 Dan C Ross
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