Synchronized photograph identification

Claim 1

In combination with a camera having at least one flash contact on top of said camera an identification apparatus comprising: a microcomputer unit having an integrated keyboard and display releasably attached to said camera, said keyboard available for input of indicia for digital storage on a removable memory module, said display providing a visual output of said indica contemporaneously said input; means for electrically coupling said microcomputer unit to a flash contact of said camera, said flash contact providing a conventional electrical output indexing said microcomputer in relation to film frame advancement causing a portion of said memory module to be made available for receipt of said indicia; mounting means for mounting said microcomputer unit above said flash contact, said mounting means including a hot shoe terminal slidably insertable into said flash contact and a support means connected between said hot shoe terminal and said microcomputer unit providing support of said microcomputer unit above said flash contact and; a printing means operatively associated with said memory module available for converting said digital storage of said indicia on a human readable paper tape for attachment to photographs developed from camera film.