Tech Support
Mar 29, 2018
3 minutes
A question of shutters
Q Does a DSLR camera actually have a physical/mechanical shutter curtain or does it just time the exposure to the sensor electronically?
Nikonchris (AP forum)
Basically, both! Any DSLR (and most other digital cameras) that shoots video will use a ‘sensor shutter’. For stills only, all current DSLRs also have an electronically governed mechanical focal plane shutter, as do most mirrorless system cameras. Increasingly, and especially mirrorless cameras, high
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