A dual image capture camera for capturing successive film images on a filmstrip and for capturing successive electronic images that correspond to the respective film images, includes a preview screen that can be turned on to display a captured electronic image in order to preview what a print of a captured film image would look like and that can be turned off, a preview button that is manually depressed to turn the preview screen on when the preview screen is off and can be manually depressed to turn the preview screen off when the preview screen is on, and a control connected to the preview screen and to the preview button to turn the preview screen on automatically without having to manually depress the preview button when an electronic image corresponding to the last film image available on the filmstrip is captured. The control disables the preview button for an allotted time when an electronic image corresponding to the last film image available on the filmstrip is captured, to prevent manual depression of the preview button to turn the preview screen off from interfering with turning the preview screen on automatically, and re-enables the preview button when the allotted time has elapsed, to allow manual depression of the preview button to turn the preview screen off.

 
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