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Record 1 1996-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A circular, rotating disk at the end of Advanced Photo System film cassettes that functions as a circular bar code, communicating the film speed, type and exposure length through a sequence of reflective bars to an optical sensor in the camera.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Disque circulaire rotatif se trouvant à l'extrémité de la cartouche de film Advanced Photo System et fonctionnant comme un code à barres circulaire; au moyen d'une séquence de barres réfléchissantes, il transmet les données sur la sensibilité du film, le type de film et le nombre de poses à un capteur optique situé dans l'appareil.

Spanish

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