Camera for shooting movie and still picture

Claim 1

A camera for shooting a movie picture and a still picture comprising: a casing having generally a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape; a first imaging optical system for shooting a still image and a second imaging optical system for shooting a video picture disposed in a front surface of said casing, said first and second imaging optical systems being directed to an object scene; a still camera unit disposed in said casing so as to be in the proximity of said first imaging optical system for shooting the object scene to record a still picture thereof on a film; and a video camera unit disposed in said casing for shooting the object scene to record a movie picture thereof on a video tape; said first imaging optical system and said still camera unit being contained in a housing for said still camera unit constituting a portion of said casing; said housing for said still camera unit having an opening formed in either of an upper surface and a bottom surface of said housing to load the film by a drop-in loading, and a cap member to cover said opening; said cap member being fixedly secured on said casing; said housing for said still camera unit being linked with a portion thereof to said casing such that said housing excepting said cap member is rotable with respect to said casing so that said camera exposes said opening when said housing for said still camera unit is rotated, thereby enabling the film to be loaded.