A camera adapted to be loaded with a 35 mm film cassette having a cylindrical body and a tongue portion for defining a film exit slit through which the leader of the film projects, the tongue portion extending substantially tangentially from the side wall of the body. The camera has an openable backlid member and a film chamber member defining a cassette receiving chamber. The cassette receiving chamber is exposed when the backlid member is opened, and comprises a cylindrical portion and a slot portion which substantially conform with the cylindrical body and the tongue portion in shape. Thus the cassette receiving chamber determines the position and orientation of the film cassette when it is inserted thereinto and holds it in place. A guide member extends from the film chamber member to define between the inner surface of the backlid member and itself a film guiding slit aligned with said slot and extending beyond the film aperture of the camera body. The guide member has an inclined surface inclining downward toward the backlid member. When the cassette is inserted into the cassette receiving chamber, the lower edge of the leader abuts against the inclined surface to be stretched and smoothly introduced into the film guiding slit. A film cutter is disposed in the film guiding slit between the film aperture and the film take-up chamber and cuts the leader in response to the closure of the backlid member in case that the leader is so long as to extend beyond the cutter.
