curtain shutter
noun Photography.
a focal-plane shutter consisting of a curtain on two rollers, moved at a constant speed past the lens opening so as to expose the film to one of several slots in the curtain, the width of which determines the length of exposure.
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Nearby words
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain lecture,
- curtain line,
- curtain raiser,
- curtain speech,
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Also called roller-blind shutter.
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