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Focal-plane shutter
Mechanism that controls the exposure time in cameras / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In camera design, a focal-plane shutter (FPS) is a type of photographic shutter that is positioned immediately in front of the focal plane of the camera, that is, right in front of the photographic film or image sensor.
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