focal-plane shutter
[ foh-kuhl pleyn ]
nounPhotography.
a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.
Origin of focal-plane shutter
1First recorded in 1900–05
- Compare curtain shutter.
Words Nearby focal-plane shutter
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How to use focal-plane shutter in a sentence
The photographer must change the plate, set the focal plane shutter, and press the release.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict CrowellHe must have heard me in some way, and surely must have heard the purr of the focal plane shutter as I took his picture.
My Boyhood | John Burroughs
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