Still camera with remote audio recording unit

Claim 1

A photographic film camera system comprising: a main camera body including a main camera processor coupled to a main body operator interface, a recording head drive circuit and wireless communication receiver, and a recording head coupled to the recording head drive circuit; and a remote control unit including a processor unit coupled to an audio record/playback circuit, a remote operator interface and a wireless communication transmitter, and a microphone coupled to the audio record circuit; wherein the processor unit of the remote control unit controls the record/playback circuit to record an audio segment of a selected duration in response to a control signal received from the remote operator interface; wherein the processor unit of the remote control unit transmits sound identification data corresponding to the recorded audio segment to the main camera control processor via the wireless communication transmitter and receiver, and the main camera control processor controls the operation of the recording head drive circuit and recording head to record the sound identification data on a recording strip located on a photographic film; and wherein the sound identification data indexes the recorded audio segment to a corresponding exposed image frame on the photographic film.