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Claim 1

A CAMERA SHUTTER MECHANISM COMPRISING A PAIR OF FIRST AND SECOND SUBSTANTIALLY SUPERIMPOIED COOPERATING VERTICAL SHUTTER PLATES LONGITUDINALLY HORIZONTALLY MOVABLE BETWEEN ADVANCED COCKED AND RETRACTED UNCOCKED POSITION, SPRING MEANS URGING EACH OF SAID SHUTTER PLATES TO ITS UNCOCKED POSITION, A COCKING MEMBER ADAPTED TO ADVANCE SAID SHUTTER PLATES TO THEIR COCKED POSITIONS, FIRST AND SECOND LUGS LOCATED ON AND MOVABLE WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND SHUTTER PLATES RESPECTIVELY, A FIRST PIVOTED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING LEVER PROVIDED WITH A TRANSVERSELY PROJECTING CONTACT MEMBER AND CARRYING A FIRST PAWL MEMBER LOCATED IN THE PATH OF SAID FIRST LUG AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID FIRST LUG AND RELEASABLY LOCK SAID FIRST SHUTTER PLATE IN COCKED POSITION, SAID FIRST LEVER BEING SPRING URGED TO ITS LOCK POSITION, A SECOND PIVOTED LEVER CARRYING A SECOND PAWL MEMBER LOCATED IN THE PATH OF AND SPRING URGED TO ENGAGE SAID SECOND LUG TO RELEASABLY LOCK SAID SECOND SHUTTER PLATE IN COCKED POSITION, SAID SECOND LEVER MEMBER HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING TRACK, A TRIGGERING MEMBER MOVABLE TO SWING SAID FIRST LEVER TO A FIRST POSITION TO URGE SAID FIRST PAWL MEMBER OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST LUG AND WHEREIN SAID CONTACT MEMBER IS SPACED FROM SAID SECOND LEVER, A COUPLING ELEMENT HAVING ELEMENTS DEPENDING THEREFROM ALONG OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TRACK TO MAINTAIN SAID COUPLING ELEMENT ALONG AND BEYOND THE PATH OF SAID FIRST LUG, AND ACTUATED BY THE MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST SHUTTER PLATE WHEN IN SAID PATH OF SAID FIRST LUG TO URGE SAID SECOND PAWL OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SECOND LUG, SAID TRIGGERING MEMBER BEING FURTHER MOVABLE TO SWING SAID FIRST LEVER TO A SECOND POSITION IN ADVANCE OF SAID FIRST POSITION AND SAID CONTACT MEMBER INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SECOND LEVER TO DEPRESS SAID SECOND LEVER AND ADVANCE SAID SECOND PAWL MEMBER OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SECOND LUG AND RELEASE SAID SECOND SHUTTER PLATE WHEN SAID COUPLING ELEMENT IS BEYOND SAID PATH OF SAID FIRST LUG, A ROTATABLE SPEED SETTING MEMBER, AND A LINK CONNECTING SAID COUPLING ELEMENT TO SAID SPEED SETTING MEMBER AT A POINT ECCENTRIC TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION THEREOF FOR ADJUSTMENT OF THE POSITION OF SAID COUPLING ELEMENT ALONG SAID TRACK.