Monday 4 April 2011

Camera Shutters

In photography, a shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, for the purpose of exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent image of a scene



This is an interesting extract taken from an old Photography "how to" book, it shows how much the understanding a the technology has changed to even modern day film cameras.

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