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Aussiesalute Posted 12 years ago
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What does it mean to fire a shutter ? I happened to find out the phrase from the topic of selfies
  

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Please supply the context; it means nothing in itself to me.

  • Please supply the context; it means nothing in itself to me.
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Please supply the context; it means nothing in itself to me.
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Mechanical cameras have a shutter that opens and closes the aperture to expose the film. I imagine that "fire the shutter" means to push the button that activates the shutter and takes the picture.

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