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DROP SHUTTER [1 record]

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Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

The drop shutter was simply a plate with a cut-out aperture. It dropped or was moved by a spring across the path of the image-forming rays which passed through the aperture and made the exposure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
CONT

Les obturateurs à guillotine sont de formes très variées. Leur principe général consiste à faire passer rapidement devant l'objectif une plaque percée d'une ouverture de forme variable.

Spanish

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