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Old February 23rd 06, 03:19 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Default Why do digital cameras need shutters?

Alan Browne wrote:
Jeremy Nixon wrote:

The Nikon D70 "electronically" shutter flash syncs up to 1/500 which is
on the "closing" side of the cycle, and I think that should be standard
on all high end DSLR's.


You can only do that with a CCD sensor, not with a CMOS.


I didn't know that. Source?


You can technically have an electronic shutter with CMOS, but not without
compromise; it's a pretty standard feature of CCD sensors. A quick google
turned up:

http://www.dalsa.com/shared/content/..._Litwiller.pdf

Page 2 of that article has a pretty good description of the difference.

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