Taking Godfrey's suggestion, it's clear that my little Sony Cybershot DSC-S85 has a shutter. I can hear it as well as see it. With other cameras, YMMV.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > On Apr 10, 2005, at 4:59 AM, Peter Williams wrote: > > > We had quite a debate about this way back on the dpreview > > Minolta talk forum. I initially said that the A2 had a shutter, > > arguements to the contrary convinced me that there was no > > shutter. Others said if you look down the lens you can see the > > shutter, again this was dismissed as being the aperture mech. > > Further arguement to support the no shutter theory was that the > > A1 and A2 could do flash synch at full shutter speeds, that is > > up to 1/4000th sec. [snip] > You can see the shutter operate quite clearly: > Set lens to full telephoto > Set exposure to manual > Set shutter speed to Bulb > Set aperture to wide open > Use a penlight with a narrowly focused beam and shine it down the lens > Operate the shutter button. > > You'll see the shutter close, reopen, close again, then reopen. If you > set the aperture to anything other than wide open, you'll also see the > operation of the aperture mechanism ...
