A photographic and video image system for transforming an image on a frame
of a photographic film includes a structure in the overall form of a
photographic printer having an image transformation element that
transforms an optical image from the film into a video signal, a frame
position indicator, which can be a hole or an optical or magnetic signal,
is recorded on the film along with aspect information relating to the size
of the frame exposed on the film. The frame position indicator and aspect
information are detected and used to control a film feeding operation and
the optical image to video signal transformation operation. The user of
the system can record order information on the film that is used to
specify the aspect of the resultant photographic print, as well as the
quantity of prints to be made. Such order information can be superimposed
as a menu on a displayed video signal at the time the video signal is
reviewed prior to producing a photographic print.
