What is claimed is:
1. A digital still camera having a reproduction function for displaying an image on a display after processing image data stored inside thereof for display, comprising:
a memory storing image data including primary image data and secondary image data, the secondary image data requiring a shorter time for display processing than the primary image data;
a primary image display processor performing display processing on the primary image data;
a secondary image display processor performing display processing on the secondary image data; and
a display replacer for replacing display images from a secondary image to a primary image after completion of display processing on the primary image data, the secondary image having been displayed in a reproduction mode prior to the primary image.
2. The digital still camera as defined in claim 1, further comprising:
a secondary image data generator generating image data as the secondary image data, whose volume has been reduced to an extent that an image reproduced therefrom remains distinguishable as a photographed object.
3. A reproduction and display method adopted by a digital still camera for displaying an image on a display after processing image data stored inside thereof for display, comprising steps of:
performing primary image display processing to primary image data;
performing secondary image display processing to secondary image data, the secondary image data requiring a shorter time for display processing than the primary image data; and
replacing display images from a secondary image with a primary image after completion of display processing on the primary image data, the secondary image having been displayed in a reproduction mode prior to the primary image.
4. The reproduction and display method as defined in claim 3, wherein
the secondary image data is image data whose volume has been reduced to an extent that an image reproduced therefrom remains distinguishable as a photographed object.
5. The reproduction and display method as defined in claim 3, further comprising the steps of:
stopping the display processing of primary image data corresponding to a secondary image which is then being displayed when a predetermined command is externally inputted; and
displaying another secondary image.
6. The reproduction and display method as defined in claim 3, wherein
the secondary image data may be substituted for image data in an index display.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of forming a reader of a magnetic head, the method comprising:
forming a sensor with an air bearing surface;
forming a hard mask on the sensor extending from the air bearing surface a distance substantially equal to a desired stripe height of the sensor; and
removing a portion of the sensor not covered by the hard mask.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a hard mask comprises:
forming a hard mask over an entire top surface of the sensor;
patterning a photoresist mask on a first portion of the hard mask; and
removing a second portion of the hard mask not covered by the photoresist mask.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising thinning the hard mask during the removal of the portion of the sensor not covered by the hard mask.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising forming a first half gap prior to the formation of the sensor such that the sensor is formed above the first half gap.
5. The method of claim 3, further comprising forming a second half gap over the thinned hard mask.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising forming the second half gap over a back edge of the sensor.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a sensor comprises forming a giant magnetoresistive sensor.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein removing the portion of the sensor not covered by the hard mask further comprises forming a steep back edge on the sensor.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein removing the portion of the sensor not covered by the hard mask further comprises steep dry etching the portion of the sensor not covered by the hard mask.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a hard mask comprises forming a hard mask of an insulating material.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a hard mask comprises forming a hard mask of aluminum nitride.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein forming a hard mask comprises forming a hard mask of aluminum oxide.
13. The reader of the magnetic head formed according to the process of claim 1.
14. A method of forming a reader of a magnetic head, the method comprising:
forming a sensor with a first portion and a second portion;
forming a hard mask on the sensor having a first portion and a second portion;
forming a photoresist mask on the first portion of the hard mask;
etching away the second portion of the hard mask not covered by the photoresist mask;
removing the photoresist mask to expose the first portion of the hard mask; and
dry etching the first portion of the hard mask and the second portion of the sensor to remove the second portion of the sensor to define a desired stripe height of the sensor and a steep back edge of the sensor.
15. A method of forming a reader of a magnetic head, the method comprising:
forming a first half gap;
forming the reader on the first half gap;
forming a hard mask on the reader;
patterning a photoresist mask on a first portion of the hard mask;
removing a portion of the hard mask not covered by the photoresist mask;
removing the photoresist mask;
removing a portion of the reader not covered by the hard mask to form a back edge of the reader;
forming a second half gap over the hard mask, adjacent the back edge of the reader, and over a portion of first half gap not covered by the reader.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein removing a portion of the reader not covered by the hard mask comprises end point steep dry etching a portion of the reader not covered by the hard mask.