Usually means: Controls light exposure in cameras.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. focal-plane shutter: Merriam-Webster
  2. focal-plane shutter: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. focal-plane shutter: Dictionary.com
  4. Focal-plane shutter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. focal-plane shutter, Focal-plane shutter: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Film/Video Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Focal-plane shutter)

noun:  In camera design, a focal-plane shutter 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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