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Originally Posted by midiology
Ok,,, let me chime in,,, this phone does not have a shutter...
this term is carried over from archaic technology and is still in use today.. the camera in this phone uses a ccd device that when switched on is constantly excited by light particles and is constatnly transmitting signal to the encoders/decoders,,,
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As an amateur photographer, I'll take a little exception to this. While you are correct that point-and-shoot (non SLR) digital cameras do not have a shutter, almost all DSLR cameras do. The term is not archaic at all - it is just not relative to THIS camera. The same way that focal length and ASA (ISO) are mixed in the film/digital world, so it shutter speed. Also, lots of amateurs and pros still use film, so the idea of film cameras being "archaic" is not really correct.
Ah, well - we're just talking about crappy cameras
