Patent ID: 8132973

Claim:
A camera shutter, comprising: a base plate having a shutter opening; a shutter blade for opening and closing the shutter opening; and a driving means for driving the shutter blade, wherein the driving means comprises a swinging lever that has an arm portion connected to the shutter blade and is swingably journaled on the base plate, a permanent magnet provided on the arm portion, restraining members comprising a magnetic material that face each other at least at one of both end positions of an operating range of the swinging lever and are fixed on the base plate, and a magnet coil fixed on the base plate so as to face the permanent magnet; the swinging lever is operated by attractive force toward or repelling force against the permanent magnet that is generated by conduction of electricity to the magnet coil to drive the shutter blade; and an operation of the swinging lever is restricted by the restraining member at an operation stop position and/or a fully open position of the shutter blade under the magnetic force of the permanent magnet.