Click stops
The lens aperture controls using a series of bearings that click audibly into place at each numbered setting.
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Click stop.
Ball bearing and recess or similar construction used to enable shutter speeds, aperture values, etc. to be set by touch.
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Detent
a click stop in the shutter release button, a place where the mechanism is designed to register specific information such as exposure or focus before the button is fully depressed.
click stops - See also detents.
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to 1/250, disengageable 1/3 stop aperture click stops, remote aperture control, remote shutter control
Prontor Professional 1S = 1 sec. to 1/250, disengageable 1/3 stop aperture click stops, remote aperture control, remote shutter control ...
Some flash heads have a "click stop" adjustment-the adjustment is something like full power, 1/2, 1/4, etc. Others have a "stepless" adjustment-the power can be set literally anywhere.
The Control Ring (which, like the rest of the camera, is made of metal) rotates in a pleasingly smooth manner and has around 36 gentle click stops (virtually everything it controls has discrete, rather than continuously variable values).
Diaphragm is five-bladed without click stops from f/2.8 to f/22.
Focus is by the wheel integral with the film advance lever on the top of the camera.
Shift direction - 360°, click stops every 30°
Maximum amount of shift - 11 millimeters
Shift method - rotating milled knob (1968); plastic knob (1980)
Weight - 11.6 oz. (330 gm., 1968); 11.3 oz. (320 gm., 1980) ...
There are click stops at various detent positions, and a spring-loaded bounce latch keeps the flash head pointed head-on. The 580EX goes even further.
 See also: Aperture, Lens, Stand, Digital, Focus
  
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