a shutter constructed on the same principle as a Venetian blind; hence Venetian-shuttered.

Photography. The shutter of a camera. Obsolete.

spec. Photography. A device for opening and closing the aperture of a lens in order to regulate the duration of the exposure.

Photography. A shutter mechanism consisting of one or two flexible blinds on rollers, containing a slit that is moved across rapidly under spring…

a shutter controlled by an arrangement of one or more thin pivoting blades, esp. an iris diaphragm.

(in a camera) a shutter for making time exposures.

a type of shutter that is fitted between the components of a double lens.

transferred. A door-like shutter in front of a lamp used for photographic purposes.