Even though SLR cameras adopted digital image sensors as far back as the 1980s, other key components have remained defiantly mechanical. Mirrorless cameras removed the mirror and optical viewfinder ...

Leaf-shutter lenses exist for flash use on focal-plane-shutter medium-format SLRs, with shutter speeds up to 1/1600s @ f/2.8; so they'd be possible for small-format cameras - possibly with full TTL ...

Canon is commemorating the 80th anniversary of their first camera, the Kwanon (not a misspelling). Marking Japan’s first 35mm focal-plane-shutter camera, the Kwanon was produced in prototype form in ...

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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A couple of days ago I wrote about the mystery of why my camera refuses to let me set ...