Exposure device having an actuatable shutter release

A camera having an exposure device for use in image recording which performs a shutter operation by actuation of a shutter release in such a manner that an aperture is varied from a closed state in an opening direction by movement of a shutter member, and then in predetermined timing said aperture is varied in a closing direction, comprising:

• (a) a motor;
• (b) an opening mechanism operably responsive to actuation of said shutter release, using said motor as a drive source, for driving said shutter member from the closed state in the opening direction;
• (c) a spring member, charged by an operation of said opening mechanism, for driving said shutter member in the closing direction;
• (d) a change-over mechanism for changing over said shutter member from being driven by said opening mechanism to being driven by said spring member in response to a current supply control of an electromagnet;
• (e) image recording means;
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• (f) control circuit means for causing said shutter member to move a plurality of times continuously upon a single actuation of said shutter release to effect substantially a plurality of cycles of shutter operation in the course of making a single image recording, said control circuit controlling said motor and said electromagnetic a plurality of times, said control means providing for image recording by said image recording means in a selective one of said plurality of cycles of shutter operation.