Leaf shutter
A shutter with blades that is positioned near to the aperture within a lens (also known as a between-lens shutter).
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Leaf shutter
A shutter with blades that is positioned near to the aperture within a lens (also known as a between-lens shutter).
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Located in the lens, this camera shutter utilizes a spring with the aperture control device to control the exposure time. It can be synchronized with a flash at any speed.
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Another shutter system is the leaf shutter, whereby the shutter is constructed of diaphragm-like blades and can be situated either between the lens or behind the lens.
Leaf shutters, alone or combined with an electronic shutter are used on some point and shoot cameras. On some inexpensive cameras, the shutter also acts as the aperture by varying how far it opens.
Leaf shutters are common on all kinds of cameras except 35mm and digital SLRs, i.e., cheap and super-expensive ones.
Leaf shutters as used in professional cameras like the Hasselblad and large format cameras can sync at any speed. This is because their leaves open completely at all speeds, at which point the flash is fired.
Leaf shutter - see Between the lens shutter.
LED - light emitting diode. LED is an indicator light used to convey exposure information.
-Leaf shutter operation. Leaf shutters have an important advantage over focal-plane shutters. Leaf shutters can be used with electronic flash at all shutter speeds. This is not true with focal-plane shutters.
In general, most leaf shutters are completly mechanical. There have been some designs using electric motors to drive the blades but they have never caught on perhaps because of the need for batteries. The typical shutter is driven by a spring motor.
Cameras which use a leaf shutter, such as a many twin lens reflex cameras (TLR) and many medium format cameras where the shutter is contained within the lens, not the camera body, can sync at any speed due to the way the shutter opens and closes.
Between the lens or leaf shutters operate like an iris that fully closes. To make an exposure the shutter blades move apart for a brief moment and then close again. Leaf shutters synchronize with flashlight at all speeds.
A Phase one P45+ kit and camera, for which I am eagerly awaiting the new leaf shutter lenses.
Sometimes a 5 x 4in Sinar F, which I often use for portrait work.
Elinchrom flash packs
Profoto B packs.
Bowens stands and heads.
250mm F/5.6 Sonnar T* CFI leaf shutter
250mm F/5.6 Super Achromat T* CFE Telephoto Lens with leaf shutter
250mm F/5.6 Super Achromat T* CFE Telephoto Lens with leaf shutter ...
Better still, it has a leaf shutter (which means it flash-syncs at all speeds) and a manual film-speed dial so you control the amount of fill-flash more accurately as well as adjust exposure to your particular taste.
The PC here stands for "Prontor/Compur," two manufacturers of leaf shutters used in older and large format cameras.
The overall performance of the system is essentially defined by the lens unit, not the body
Each lens has its own leaf shutter - which will generally be quieter, and offer faster flash sync than the focal-plane shutters used by Micro Four Thirds ...
 See also: Shutter, Camera, Lens, Photograph, Light
  
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