Laboratory system, method of controlling operation thereof, playback apparatus and method, film image management method, image data copying system and method of copying image data

摘要

Developed images are captured by image sensing and converted to original digital image data, which is used to represent the developed images. The original digital image data is converted to reduced digital image data representing images that are reduced in size. The reduced digital image data is stored on a user's disk, and the original digital image data is stored on a laboratory recording medium together with an identification code identifying the roll of film. The identification code is applied to the film and to the user's disk on which the reduced digital image data has been stored. The original digital image data is read out of the laboratory recording medium and photographs of the images represented by this data are printed. The identification code may be recorded on the user's disk instead of being applied thereto. A program (hypertext) for reproducing the images is also stored on the user's disk.