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12 Shutter-Priority-Types of Shutters
» Leaf shutters, alone
or combined with an
electronic shutter are
used on some point curtains. There are also electronic shutters i
and shoot cameras. that simply turn the sensor on and off to
On some inexpensive capture the exposure. It's like turning a \
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how far it opens.
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plane shutter that opens one curtain to begin an exposure and closes
another curtain to end it (top). At high shutter speeds, there is a slit
between the two curtains moving across the image sensor (bottom)
» Leaf and focal plane shutters are both .
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