A manual-wind camera having a wind lever in which a film having no sprocket holes is loaded, the film being wound on a take-up spool, frame by frame, by manually operating the wind lever, includes a pulse generator which generates pulses in accordance with movement of the film wound by the wind lever; a rear-cover state detector which detects whether a rear cover of the camera is open or closed; and a control device. The control device determines whether the film is loaded into the camera in accordance with pulses generated by the control device when the wind lever is fully turned from an initial operational position to a maximum operational position thereof.