mechanical shutter

collocation in English

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mechanical
adjective
uk
/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/us
/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/
operated by a machine, or connected with machines or ...
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shutter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʃʌt.ər/us
/ˈʃʌt̬.ɚ/
the part of a camera that opens temporarily to allow light to reach the film when a photograph is ...
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(Definition ofmechanicalandshutterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The duration of full-field flash stimuli was controlled using amechanicalshutterand flash luminance was controlled with neutral density filters.
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Thismechanicalshutterwas also controlled by the timing circuit mentioned earlier.
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This electronic selection of the laser pulse offers reliability as compared to amechanicalshutterbased on stepper motor or coil control, which is susceptible to electromagnetic noise.
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Amechanicalshuttermust be added to this type of sensor or the image smears as the device is clocked or read out.
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In electronic digital cameras, the mechanism is usually a programmable electronic timing circuit, which may, in some cameras, take input from amechanicalshuttercontact.
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How to synchronize the camerasmechanicalshutterexposure period and the image sensors electronic integration period?
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Intensity control was provided via amechanicalshutter(the discharge lamp being non-dimmable).
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For all practical purposes extreme accuracy is not required (mechanicalshutterspeeds were notoriously inaccurate as wear and lubrication varied, with no effect on exposure).
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Projection tachistoscopes use a slide or transparency projector equipped with themechanicalshuttersystem typical of a camera.
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As more sensitive photographic materials became available, cameras began to incorporatemechanicalshutter mechanisms that allowed very short and accurately timed exposures to be made.
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This was amechanicalshuttersimilar to the one used in high-speed film camerasa disk with a wedge removed.
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Precise control of the integration time replaced the use of themechanicalshutter.
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Each seat in the auditorium was equipped with a viewing device containing a rapidly rotatingmechanicalshuttersynchronized with the projector shutters.
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Nomechanicalshutterspeed was provided, even in bulb mode.
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Some cameras also utilize an electronic shutter, as opposed to amechanicalshutter.
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Mechanical dimmers are usually a specially designed disk or amechanicalshutter.
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Nothing has been done, except that the delivery of mechanical shutters is now awaited from the suppliers.
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As the combustion process is so rapid, mechanical shutters are difficult to arrange with the required performance.
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Mechanical shutters, activated by the same keypad entries, opened to allow the letter to drop through into the bins.
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The process is done through mechanical shutters or electronically timed exposure of photons into a chemical processing or digitizing devices known as cameras.
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