A film loader of the present invention is located in a camera body, and made up of a Patrone housing into which a Patrone is inserted along a direction of a film spool, and a leader housing that is formed as part of the Patrone housing and stores a film leader coming out of a Patrone. Herein, the Patrone housing and the leader housing can move freely between a storage position at which the Patrone housing and leader housing are stored in the camera body, and a projecting position at which the Patrone housing projects from a side face of the camera body and the leader housing projects from the rear face of the camera body.