Electronic still video camera having electro-developing recording medium, and image reader incorporated therein to electronically read image signals from developed image of such medium

摘要

An electronic still video camera having an electro-developing recording medium includes a photographing optical system for forming an optical image on an image-forming plane of the recording medium to record and develop the optical image therein. An image reader is provided for optically reading the image-forming plane to obtain image data from the recorded image of the recording medium. The image reader includes: a light source having a light emitting surface arranged parallel with the image-forming plane of the recording medium such that light beams emitted from the light emitting surface of the light source are perpendicularly directed to and passed through the image-forming plane of the recording medium; an image sensor having a light receiving surface oriented in the same direction as the light emitting surface of the light source; and an optical system constituted such that the light beams passed through the image-forming plane of the recording medium are directed to and focused at the light receiving surface of the image sensor.