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From: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Electronic shutter
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Date: 9 Jan 91 22:07:46 GMT
References: <1991Jan9.200258.9437@sunee.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
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In article <1991Jan9.200258.9437@sunee.waterloo.edu> simpson@sunee.waterloo.edu (KFS Lam) writes:
>The shutter has to be pure electronics.
>It is like a LCD screen which turns black when polarize. Is there
>such a thing exist? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Yes, they do exist - try Edmund's Scientific.

The videocamera I now use has a High Speed Shutter switch that seems
to do the trick.  I have a hunch that it's a feature of the CCD.

--kyler