shutter
IPA: ʃˈʌtɝ
noun
- One who shuts or closes something.
- (usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
- (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
- Any other opening and closing device.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To close shutters covering.
- (transitive, figurative) To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
- (transitive) To cancel or terminate.
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Examples of "shutter" in Sentences
- The shutter speeds are pretty fast.
- The shutter speed dial surrounds the lensmount.
- Depression of the shutter button repeats the process.
- The shutter speed dial is at the hub of the wind on lever.
- My head faced the bow and feet towards the shuttered gangway door.
- The earliest manufactured shutter was the drop shutter of the 1870s.
- Here the shutter is fitted to the dimensions of the masonry opening.
- To get the right fraction of a second, we must factor in shutter lag.
- It is an impressive colonial building with painted shutters and fretwork.
- The shutter speed is defined as the amount of time the shutter is left on.
- In the apparatus the bulb and the lens are separated by a shutter mechanism.
- For example, ‘sports’ mode wouldn’t be any good because the shutter is too fast.
- With a DSLR what you see in the viewfinder at the instant you press the shutter is the image you get.
- The exposure time set on the camera just has to be long enough for the action to happen while the shutter is still open.
- The click of the camera shutter is the same sound a bear makes clacking its teeth warning another bear go away or I’m going to kick your butt!
- The main purpose for the shutter is to offer the complete freedom of choosing the extent to which we want the elements to play a part in out interiors.
- Japan’s camera phones are designed to set off an electronic ring when the shutter is pressed, warning everyone nearby that a photograph is being taken.
- In most cases, this is not an issue on SLRs, but check our point-and-shoot Ratings (available to subscribers) for models with a short first-shot delay (also known as shutter lag) and next-shot delay.
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