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required exposure duration. When the shutter release is pressed the shutter opens, and air in the cylinder is gradually released, letting the piston move; it closes the shutter when it reaches the end of its travel. The piston travels for a very short distance at the shortest exposure settings, making accuracy very sensitive to the precise manufacturing of the cam; lower speeds are more reliably accurate.
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mechanism, shutter timing is achieved by releasing air from a small cylinder, typically mounted horizontally at the top of the shutter, through a small aperture. A cam turned by the shutter speed dial positions a spring-loaded piston in the cylinder to provide the correct distance of travel for the
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introduced in the late 19th century, usually used between lens components. It was produced by
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Compound shutters were manufactured for 65 years, the last one being made in 1970.
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Friedrich Deckel AG
Compur
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"Up and Down with Compur - The development and photo-historical meaning of leaf shutters"
Archived
"Compound Shutters for Large Format Photographers"
the original
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Photographic shutters

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