Memory cards are to digital cameras as _______ is to film cameras.
crystal
pixels
film
silver
Of the following focal lengths, which lens will create the greatest compression?
300mm
28mm
14mm
200mm
50mm
What are the functions of each light in a Three-Point Lighting system?
Back Light, Front Light, Fill Light.
Fill Light, Front Light, Side Light
Back Light, Fill
Light, Key Light.
Rear Light, Top Light, Fill Light
By what number do you divide by to find the focal length of a 50mm lens when mounted on a body with an aps-c sized sensor?
14.8
5.6
2.8
1.6
Which of the following apertures gives you the shallowest depth of field?
f 0.95
f 5.6
f 11
f 2.8
f 16
Which of the following focal lengths is more suitable for close portrait shots?
24mm
85mm
18mm
12mm
When shooting a long (30 min) exposure at night without any ambient light in the sky you can expect...
the stars in the sky to show up as sharp dots.
no stars in the sky unless you use a very high ISO.
the stars in the sky to blur into soft dots.
the sky to turn green/grey.
the stars in the
sky to show up as streaks.
What filter would you use to reduce reflection when photographing water?
Cooling Filter
Warming Filter
Polarizer Filter
Reflection Filter
Neutral Density Filter
When is a shallow DOF most useful?
When needing to
separate the subject from the background.
When taking landscape photography, so that as much
of the landscape as possible is in focus.
When shooting with a full-frame camera.
When shooting under bright light, to be able to use
slow shutter speeds.
Which adjustable elements are part of the "exposure triangle" ?
ISO sensitivity, shutter speed and white balance
Brightness, contrast and saturation
Depth of field, metering and white balance
Aperture,
shutter speed and ISO sensitivity
White balance, shutter speed and aperture
In a digital SLR camera a full-frame sensor is...
Half the size of a frame of 35mm film.
Equivalent to
the size of a frame of 35mm film.
Three quarters of the size of a frame of 35mm film.
Double the size of a frame of 35mm film.
The process of taking several photos in a row with different camera settings, to give yourself several options to choose the best shot from later, is called...
bracketing.
backlighting.
backlighting.
balancing.
bouncing.
Why would you use push processing?
Because you did
not have enough light when you originally shot the photograph or you are
intentionally trying to make image contrasty
Because its a faster chemical process
Because you have too much light or are trying to
increase your grey values
Because it ensure that the film gets properly
coated
If a lens has a focal length of 500mm and was used with a 1.5x crop factor what would it be equal to?
750mm
800mm
850mm
900mm
700mm
Which of these is the largest opening aperture setting?
f/2.8
f/5.6
f/2
f/4
f/1.4
How can you reduce the effect of direct flash ?
Lower Guide number
Use flash exposure compensation
Select a high-speed sync
Adjust the ISO
Bounce the flash
off a reflective surface
"Fill flash" is often used in conjuction with daylight to:
Add light to highlights.
Enhance landscapes.
Create hard shadows.
Create a blue color cast (6000K).
Compensate for
(brighten) natural backlight or shadows.
What does 'DSLR' stand for?
Direct standard light reflex
Digital single
lens reflex
Direct sensor lens reflex
Digital standard lens reflex
Which of the following apertures allows more light to hit the camera sensor?
f 4
f 8
f 5.6
f 16
f 11
What is "the rule of thirds"?
Separating the
viewfinder in nine identical rectangles, it's best to have the subject
positioned in any of the inner corners of the rectangles located in the corners
of the viewfinder.
The best shutter speeds to use are 1/multiple of
three (such as 1/120, 1/60, 1/30).
For the most visual impact, a great photo must have
no more, no less than three main elements (three main colors, three subjects,
three objects in focus).
When there are three subjects in the photo, always
focus on the right-most subject (third from the left).
What is the amount of time the digital camera allows light to pass through the aperture called?
Shutter speed
Focal distance
Aperture speed
Shutter time
Aperture limit
Which of the below is NOT a typical advantage of shooting digital in a raw file format?
12, 14, or 16 bits of information (rather than just
8)
Ability to modify white balance in post-production
Higher quality
Smaller file
size
What trick commonly used by photographers to make food look fresher might make the food pictured less appetizing?
Leave Out Overnight
Seal in Wax
Spray with
Hairspray
Soak in Vodka
Managing shadows in natural light can be acheived by...
careful framing.
All the answers
are correct.
using fill flash.
using bounce cards or reflectors.
What ISO speed will allow for the fastest shutter speed at any given aperture?
ISO 3200
ISO 800
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
A gray card is used to...
measure the amount of flash needed
keep the lens from collecting dust
produce
consistent image exposure and/or color
adjust the depth of field
What focal length is considered standard or "normal" in 35mm photography?
50mm
200mm
14mm
75mm
300mm
A 1.4x teleconverter will
Decrease focal length by 1.4 times.
Convert a compatible lens to f1.4.
Increase focal
length by 1.4 times.
Add 4 stops of aperture to a compatable lens.
Add 1.4 stops of aperture to a compatible lens
A "hot shoe" is ...
a slang terms for an accidental photograph.
a name for the piece that connects a camera to a
tripod.
the name of a digital mounting bracket that
connects the lens to the camera body.
a common wire type for connecting a camera to a
computer.
a mounting point
on a camera, often used for flashes & other accessories.
What is a low key image?
An image that has a f stop of 2.8 or less.
An image that is black and white.
An image that has a key in it.
An image that is
comprised of mostly darker tones.
A digital image.
A shutter speed of 1 second lets in _____ the light of a shutter speed of 1/4 second.
2 times
4 times
3 times
8 times
12 times
What term describes when the edges of a photo are darker than the center?
Light Loss
Cornering
Edge Fading
Tone Drop Off
Vignetting
f/1.8 refers to
Aperture
Shutter Speed
ISO
Exposure
Which of the following shutter speeds allows more light to hit the camera sensor?
1/60s
1/1000s
1/250s
1/30s
1/4000s
What is a fisheye lens?
Ultra-wide lens with no barrel distortion
Ultra-wide lens
with 180 degree field of view
A special lens for taking photos through glass
Underwater lens designed to mimic how a fish sees
the world
Any lens with a waterproof coating
SLR stands for...
Single Lens
Reflex
Standard Light Refraction
Standard Light Reflection
Single Lens Refraction
In digital photography, using a high ISO such as ISO 3200 will produce digital images that have...
better colors
much sharper
less grain
increased
amounts of digital noise
What is an advantage of using JPEG compared to RAW file format?
Smaller file
size
More dynamic range
Greater color range
High quality pixels
CR2 is a RAW format belonging to which manufacturer of cameras?
Pentax
Sony
Canon
Olympus
Nikon
What is the best format to capture still images in on a digital camera?
RAW
JPEG
MOV
MJPEG
TIFF
What is a common compositional guideline?
Squares in circles
Triangles of light
The rule of
thirds
Circles in squares
The rule of fourths
In film, the trade-off for high ISO was more grain. In digital, the trade-off for high ISO is...
color shift.
resolution.
shutter lag.
noise.
A smaller (lower) f-number represents...
a larger lens
opening (aperture)
a smaller lens opening (aperture)
Why might one use a cable release?
To trigger a camera that is placed such that the
shutter button is inaccessible.
All of these
To lock the shutter open during a time exposure.
To prevent camera shake.
PL (polarizing) filters can be used to:
Cut down on light much like an ND filter.
Eliminate reflections in water.
All answers are
correct.
Eliminate reflections in glass.
Darken skies and better define clouds.
Which camera feature is designed to prevent softness (blur) from camera shake during long exposures?
ISO
Diopter.
Autofocus
Image
stabilization.
TV mode.
ASA/ISO Film speed refers to...
Maximum consecutive frames per second
The film’s
sensitivity to light
How long it takes for the film to develop
A shutter speed of 1/200 means:
The shutter will take 1ms to open and 200ms to
close.
The shutter will open and close 200 times, but the
camera will only take the picture once.
The camera will pause 1ms to send the signal to the
shutter to open and the shutter will stay open 200ms before closing.
The shutter
remains open for 1/200th of a second.
Which adjustment will freeze subject motion?
A faster shutter
speed
A faster ISO
A slower shutter speed
A faster aperture
A larger lens
What is the best shutter speed when shooting action photography ?
1/60
1/25
1/400
1/100
2sec
A Macro lens is best used to photograph...
Black & White
Live action sports
Landscapes
Insects
Portraits
Which ISO would have more film grain?
800
400
50
1600
3200
What are the two most common types of memory cards used in digital photography?
XD-Card and Memory Stick
Multimedia Card and Intelligent Stick
XQD and SD
Secure
Digital(SD) and Compact Flash (CF).
What is the most popular function of a "Polaroid" camera?
It can be used in extreme artic conditions
It is a digital camera
It has a polarizing filter
It develops
photographs instantly after taking them
It allows you to set shutter speed and iso
functions
To reduce noise in an image a photographer will
Place the camera on a tripod
Select a lower
ISO
Shoot away from the sun
Adjust the white balance
Change the focal length of the lens
Does sensor size affect high ISO performance?
No
Yes
Which of these types of digital camera has the largest image sensor?
Camera Phone with 18 Mega Pixel
Compact point & shoot camera
Full frame
digital SLR camera
APS-C digital SLR camera
Micro 4/3rds
What is the difference between optical and digital zoom?
Digital utilizes
pixel magnification and optical is a physical zoom.
Optical is used primarily with film cameras.
Digital is a higher resolution zoom.
Optical uses special lenses.
The exposure, written as 1/320, is a measure of what?
The distance between lens elements
The preferred wavelength of light
The time the
shutter remains open
What does "dof" stand for?
don't open first
dial on front
depth of field
dance of flamingos
depth of focus
"DSLR" stands for
Diffusing Supplementary Light Resolution
Digital
Single-Lens Reflex
Digital Single-Lens Refraction
Dynamic Swappable-Lens Rigging
Data-Sorted Light Recording
What does DOF stand for?
Depth Of Field
Deeply Out-of-Focus
Deeply On Focus
Digital Or Film
Which shutter speed is fastest?
1/1000
1/4000
1/10
1/500
1/50
In low-light scenarios, you would use a:
Higher ISO
Lower ISO
Which of the following helps prevent camera blur?
Setting the camera to mirror lock up
Using a tripod
All of these
Setting the shutter speed to at least 1.5x the
focal length of the lens
Using a remote cable to operate the shutter
What do you focus on most of the time when you're shooting portraits?
The hair
The eyes
The nose
The mouth
What does the acronym HDR mean
High Depth Rate
High Dynamic
Range
Half Dynamic Resolution
Height Dependent Resolution
Can SLR lenses be used on DSLRs?
No.
Yes, and there is no dropoff in functionality.
Yes, but all
available features (i.e auto focus) will not always be available.
Yes, but it will damage the SLR lens over time.
If you want to achieve a "tracing" effect from moving light sources at night, what are the three main settings you would want to change on your camera?
Relative Aperture, ISO, and Image Quality
Shutter Speed,
Relative Aperture, and ISO
Shutter Speed, Relative Aperture, and White Balance
Film speed is similar to _____ on digital cameras.
Servo Focus
ISO
Frame Rate
What is the Sunny 16 rule?
Rule of thumb for estimating if it will be a good
day for photography
Method of
estimating correct daylight exposures without a light meter
Never point your camera at the sun
Scientific theory of how sunlight effects
photographs
Each unit of measurement in aperture is called a....
shutter speed
opening
stop
ring
dial
Which computer software is NOT used for editing and/or managing digital images taken with your DSLR?
Illustrator
Lightroom
Aperture
Photoshop elements
Photoshop
Which of the following apertures gives the deepest depth of field?
f 16
f 2.8
f 11
f 5.6
f 8
The practice of making several varied exposures of the same scene is called
Calibrating
Bracketing
Resampling
Hedging
Mottling
What are the additive Primary colors?
Red, Yellow, Blue.
Red, Green,
Blue.
Black, White, Grey
Yellow, Magenta, Cyan.
When shooting RAW file format, which of the following settings can always be adjusted after the photo has been taken?
Noise Reduction
All of these
things.
White Balance
Saturation
Exposure
Which f/stop will render a photograph with the smallest depth of field?
f/5.6
f/22
f/16
f/1.4
f/8
What does DSLR stand for?
Digital
single-lens reflex
Digital single-lens reflective
Dual subtractive lens reflex
Digital single luminescent return
With which of the following methods would you achieve a completely blurry background? Choose the most efficient selection.
f 8 aperture or more
Slower shutter speed.
Soft focus filter.
f 2.8 aperture
or less
Faster shutter speed
The ISO setting on digital cameras refers to what for film cameras?
Film Speed
Front reflex intensity
Focal Length
F-stop
What do "burn" and "dodge" mean with regard to photography?
"Burning" will make the color bright and
bold, while "dodging" will remove color and turn the image grey.
"Burning"
will darken the photo, and "dodging" will lighten the photo.
"Burning" will make the photo appear
lighter, while "dodging" will turn it darker.
"Burning" will make you photo smaller,
and "dodging" will make it larger.
"Burning" makes the image more red and
orange, while "dodging" makes turns it more blue and green.
Which of the following apertures correlates to the smallest opening in the lens itself?
f 4
f 11
f 16
f 2.8
f 2
What is an "f-stop"?
The technical term for "shutter speed"
A number
representing the ratio of the lens's focal length to the size of its aperture
The technical term for "exposure"
A measure of brightness
Which provides the best image quality on a on a digital camera?
full frame
sensor with 12MP
APS-C sensor with 14MP
Point and shoot camera with 16MP sensor
Which lens has shallowest depth of field (DOF)?
35 mm f/2.8
80 mm f/6.5
50 mm f/1.4
60 mm f/12
Placing a diffusion filter in front of a strobe light will:
Eliminate chromatic abberation.
Color correct for tungsten to daylight.
Focus light on the subject.
Eliminate the need for a diffusion filter on the
lens.
Soften shadows.
The longer your camera's shutter stays open, the _____ your camera lets in.
more pixels
less light
more light
less pixels
What does HDR stands for?
High Dynamic
Range
Hue Density Raw
Heavy Dark Ray
Hard Day Rate
Heel Decorated Rodium
What characteristics of a photo are manipulated in tilt-shift photography?
The rule of always keeping the horizon line
straight
The vintage look of the photo, grain and saturation
The glow of the photo, manipulated by the lens
elements
The convergence
of parallel lines and the plane of focus
A star filter is used for:
softening skintones to eliminate pores and small
wrinkles.
distorting
specular highlights into a "star" shape.
camouflaging the direction of the camera's lens so
people don't know they're being photographed.
most astophotography except local planets (Venus,
Mars, and Jupiter).
all astrophotography
Which of these focal lengths is considered a wide-angle lens in 35mm film or D-SLR photography?
200mm
85mm
14mm
100mm
50mm
What does the term "prime lens" mean?
The lens has a
fixed focal length.
The lens is attached to the camera body and can't
be removed.
The lens can shoot between a range of different
focal lengths
The lens is of high quality.
The lens came shipped with the camera body.
On a camera with a full-frame digital sensor, a 300mm lens has an effective focal length of...
600mm
300mm
400mm
450mm
150mm
What is "Barrel Distortion"?
When straight
lines near the edges of a photograph appear curved, most commonly in wide-angle
shots.
It's a type of distortion caused when an element
inside the lens is off center, usually the result of a dropped camera.
When an image appears warped due to the lens not
being properly connected to the camera.
When the corners of a picture are darker than the
center.
It's another way of describing "lens
flare".
What does S or TV mode on an SLR camera stand for?
Super Fast Mode
Standard Television Mode
Standard Mode
Shutter Priority
Mode
Simple Mode
In fully manual mode, setting a camera to use f/1.8 versus f/3.6 will result in:
Longer exposure
Wider depth of field
Shallower depth
of field
Shorter exposure
Why would you use an ND filter?
To enhance the skin tones.
To allow a lower
level of light to enter the lens.
To reduce noise under dimly lit conditions.
To turn a regular lens into a macro lens.
You can make videos with a DSLR?
Yes
No
If you want to shoot a waterfall, and you want the water to have a silky look, which of the following shutter speeds would be more suitable?
1/60s
1/2000s
15s
1/250s
What do you have to watch the most when shooting close-up photography ?
Subject to flash distance
Aperture priority
Depth of field
Evaluative metering
Which f/stop will render a photograph with the most depth of field?
f/8
f/2.8
f/16
f/4
f/22
A graduated ND filter is best used for:
Bringing out detail in blonde hair in a studio
set-up.
Bringing out the eyes in a head-shot.
Darkening a
bright sky in a landscape shot.
Seeing through (removing) reflection in water.
Correcting the overly warm color in a sunset shot.
What does the term "white balance" mean ?
Making sure you have just the right amount of white
in your photo
Using studio flashes and lights as opposed to
natural sunlight
A compensation
for color temperature
Balancing light areas with dark areas
Composing a shot symmetrically with equal amounts
of white on every side
The "multiplier factor" attached to APS-C digital cameras refers to...
ISO shift.
sensor size
camera weight.
shutter lag time.
TTL stands for...
Through The Lens
Time Tone Link
Tripod to Lens
Throughout The Location
Tint, Time, and Lighting
How is redeye reduced when using a flash?
Use bigger flash.
Use a stronger flash.
Move subject away from camera.
Move flash
further away from lens.
Move flash closer to lens.
What do many press photographers keep on their flash unit?
Speedlite Transmitter
A memory card
Macro ring lite
A Diffuser
A hotshoe flash gun
What is another name for a mirror lens?
telephoto lens
macro lens
catadioptric
lens
A possible range of daylight color temperature would be:
30K - 60K
160K - 240K
1,000K - 2,000K
2,000K - 4,000K
5,000K - 7,000K
If I change from f/8 to f/5.6 I am...
reducing the amount of light
letting in twice
as much light
increasing the depth of field
Digital images are made of tiny pieces called...
Electrolytes
Pixels
Cells
Which lens would likely provide the greatest barrel distortion?
85mm
16mm
105mm
24mm
50mm
With all other things equal, which produces tighter depth of field?
Less megapixels
A physically
larger sensor/film size
A physically smaller sensor/film size
More megapixels
Wearing tighter clothes
What is a camera's Dynamic Range?
The range between the largest aperture and the
smallest aperture of the lens.
The range between the camera's lowest ISO and it's
highest ISO.
The range between a normal photo and a HDR photo.
The range
between the brightest highlights and the darkest shadows that the cameras chip
can capture.
The range between the closest in focus point and
the furthest in focus point.
A longer focal length on a lens results in what?
Greater
magnification
A faster shutter speed
A slower shutter speed
Reduced magnification
A larger field of view
How do you take photographs at night or in low light scenarios?
Use a lower ISO setting and a larger f-stop to keep
your shutter speed down.
Use a higher ISO
setting and a smaller f-stop to keep your shutter speed down.
Use a lower ISO setting and a smaller f-stop to
keep your shutter speed down.
Use a higher ISO setting and a larger f-strop to
keep your shutter speed down.
What crop factor does APS-C typically have?
1.5-1.6x
1.8x-2.0x
none of the above
0.8x
1.3x
On a APS-C sized sensor with a crop factor of 1.5x a 300mm lens will effectively be what focal length?
150mm
450mm
600mm
300mm
400mm
The number of frames a modern DSLR will shoot at max frame rate (burst) in a row is usually limited by:
buffer/write-to-disk
speed factors.
shutter cooling issues.
sensor cooling issues.
AF (auto-focus) motor speed.
the physics of light.
What is the difference between a medium format camera and a 35mm film camera?
The medium format negatives take less time to
develope
The 35mm camera has a larger body than the medium
format
You get more depth of field from a 35mm camera
The medium
format negatives are larger and capture more information
The 35mm camera shoots better resolution quality on
the negatives
A flattering form of portrait lighting is named after which famous painter?
Monet
DaVinci
Picasso
Rembrant
Michaelangelo
Which lens is more apt to cause motion blur:
500 mm.
200 mm.
100 mm.
Any inexpensive lens.
Any fisheye lens.
What does "A" Aperture Priority mode do?
Calculates a
shutter speed for a given user-selected aperture value.
Calculates a shutter speed for a given
user-selected ISO.
Calculates an aperture value for a given
user-selected aperture value.
Calculates an aperture value for a given
user-selected shutter speed.
On a full-frame digital camera a "normal" lens is considered what focal length...
120mm
200mm
75mm
35mm
50mm
What is a High Key vignette?
Something you do in photoshop.
When the corners
of the image go light.
When you put a panty hose in front of the lens
When the corners of the images go dark.
A filter you put in front of the lens.
What is "rear-curtain sync"?
Flash firing
synchronized with the closing of the shutter
Camera operation synchronized by the use of
curtains
Flash firing synchronized with the opening of the
shutter
Synchronization by placing camera behind a curtain
Which of the following devices is useful for macro photography?
A macro lens
An extension tube
A bellows
All of the
devices.
A reversing ring
What does crop factor mean?
The focal length
multiplier used with smaller sensors to obtain 35mm equivalent.
The luminosity drop observed when using digital
zoom.
The maximum digital zoom factor for a specific
camera.
It describes the increase in grain when using
smaller image sensor sizes.
The coefficient by which lens aperture has to be
multiplied when using digital imaging sensor to obtain the film camera
equivalent.
How is the inverse square law best explained?
An object farther away from the camera will require
four times the amount of flash power
An object twice
the distance from a light source will receive a quarter of the illumination
By shooting with your camera upside down, you can
increase the light absorption of the sensor/ film.
An object half the distance from a light source
will receive half the illumination
In a rangefinder camera, what does rangefinder refer to?
The camera's
focusing system
The camera's aperture ring
A laser used to determine focus point
A table on the camera for determining manual focus
range
Hyperfocal distance is best defined as:
The distance
beyond which all objects can be brought into an "acceptable" focus.
The distance between two points of focus.
The distance past which the range of focus becomes
much narrower.
The distance between the camera and its object.
What is the standard colour temperature for daylight?
4500 K
1000 K
6500 K
5500 K
100 K
True or False: Linear polarizing filters can interfere with modern camera sensors.
True
False
A tradeoff of using a High ISO setting is...
... a loss of observable resolution in the image.
... an increase of noise in the image.
All of these
things.
... loss of color accuracy.
What is the magnification ratio of a true Macro lens?
1:20
1:1
1:2
1:3
What determines a lens' "speed"?
How fast your money dwindles in order to buy it.
It's the largest
maximum aperture.
How fast it autofocuses.
It's the smallest maximum aperture.
The focal length.
A photograph is a macro photograph when:
The subject weighs 1.5 grams or less
The subject measures less than half the focal
length
The subject is
photographed at life size or larger
The camera is held 2x closer to the subject than
usual
The camera is focused on a single subject
The most common process used for processing black and white negative film or color negative film is:
C-18
C-41
D-2
E-6
A T-Stop is different than an F-Stop in that it measures the actual amount of light passing through the lens.
False
True
Some digital cameras have sensors that make educated guesses when detecting colors. This is a process called...
Guesstimation
Color theory
Extrapolation
Interpolation
Fragmentation
When would you use an extension tube?
To increase the focal length of a lens
To extend the camera's film speed
To increase the speed of a lens
To make a lens
focus closer than normal
A tilt-and-shift lens has the same objectives as which type of camera?
4x5 speed graphic
View camera
Panoramic camera
8x10 polaroid camera
When a linear polarizing filter can't be used because of interaction with polarized sensors in a camera, one can use what instead.
a circular
polarizing filter.
Two UV filters.
Two polarizing filters set at 90 degrees to each
other.
A graduated ND filter
Polarized light sources.
What is meant by push processing?
push is a specific type of photo chemical process
used to tint film
Over expose and under develop the film
Under expose and
over develop the film
a technique for mixing photo chemicals
True or False: Depth of field measures the distance from your camera to the closest point in a shot that is in focus.
True
False
Using a macro lens at f/5.6, as opposed to a standard 50mm lens at f/5.6, will likely:
Increase barrel distortion
Increase the image's depth of field
Reduce the
image's depth of field
Reduce the aperture
Blur the image
In digital cameras, doubling the dimensions of the digital sensor will cause the number of megapixels to be...
tripled
doubled
quartered
halved
quadrupled
A UV filter is most commonly used to...
protect the
front element and coatings of the lens.
protect the sensor from damaging UV rays.
remove reflections from water.
protect film from damaging UV rays.
What is meant by pull processing?
Under expose and over develop the film
freeze the film and throw in the chemical bath in
full light
Over expose and
under develop the film
a method of washing the film in the chemicals
pull and stretch the film
Why would you use pull process?
For distortion like a fun house mirror
Because you have
too much light when you originally shot or are trying to increase your grey
values
Because you did not have enough light when you
originally shot the photograph or you are intentionally trying to make image
contrasty
To properly coat the film
What is the most common pattern of color filters found in digital cameras?
Bayer filter
pattern
Filtered cell pattern
Bothan pattern
Flannel pattern
What are the subtractive primary colors?
Red, Green, Blue.
Red, Yellow, Blue.
Black, White, Grey.
Yellow, Magenta,
Cyan.
The f-ratio is the focal length divided by what?
Lens diameter
Lens aperture
Lens f/stop
Lens weight
An aperture of f/2.8 lets in ______ as much light as f/5.6.
4 times
10 times
8 times
2 times
6 times
What does EXIF stand for, when referring to digital image data?
Electronic Xerox Image File
Extra Image Information File
External Imaging File Format
Exchangeable
Image File Format
Which definition best describes the F-Number?
The effective length of time a camera's shutter is
open
The ratio of the
lens's focal length to the diameter of the entrance pupil
The distance between the nearest and farthest
objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image
Each time an SLR camera raises and lowers the mirror and shutter curtain, this is known as...
A "Shot"
A "Click"
An "Impulsion"
A single "Firing"
An
"Actuation"
When mixing flash and ambient light, adjusting the aperture affects...
The flash and
ambient exposure
Neither the flash or ambient exposure
Only the flash exposure
Only the ambient exposure
When mixing flash and ambient light, adjusting the flash power affects...
both the flash and ambient exposure
only the ambient exposure
only the flash
exposure
neither the flash or ambient exposure
In the same light condition f2.8 and 1/100 is equal to f5.6 and what shutter speed?
1/200
1/50
1/25
1/300
Which of the following will almost always cause trouble when using an on-camera flash unit?
A stopped down aperture
A slow shutter speed
A lens hood
Matrix metering
A fast ISO
The most common process for a reversal film (slide) is:
E-6
E-41
E-20
E-1
Which two brothers introduced the first viable colour process in 1907?
Herman and Otto Vogel
The Lumière
Brothers
The Eastman Brothers
David and Thomas Sutton
If a 4MP camera can give a 4x6" print at a certain quality, how many megapixels would be needed to generate a print twice the size (12x8") at the SAME quality?
12MP
16MP
None of these
24MP
8MP
A digital camera with double the resolution of a 12 megapixel camera would have to be...
36 megapixels
24 megapixels
48 megapixels
Approximately how much time was required to properly expose a photo with the Daguerreotype process?
Between 5 and 20
minutes
1 to 2 hours
6 hours
30 seconds
Images produced on "chrome" or chromogenic film are
Color negative film
Instant film
C-41 film
Color positive
film
B&W film
What color temperature are household tungsten bulbs?
3200-3500K
6500K
5000-5400K
1700-2000K
2500-2900K
True or False: A red filter will soften clouds and lighten skies when using B&W film.
True
False
The aspect ratio of a 35mm / Full Frame sensor is...
5:4
3:2
4:3
2:1
1:1
Shooting unfiltered in an area with high color temperature lighting will result in an image that is...
Bluer
Underexposed
Darker
Yellower
Brighter
Which of these would provide the softest light source?
Larger light,
closer light source
Smaller light, closer light source
Larger light, farther light source
Smaller light, farther light source
What two companies sold the first consumer-oriented digital cameras?
Olympus and Pentax
IBM and Canon
Panasonic and Sony
Apple and Kodak
Standard JPG or JPEG image files are...
4-bit image files
24-bit image
files
16-bit image files
1-bit image files
8-bit image files
Taking the APS-C "multiplier effect" into consideration; to get the same field-0f-view of a 21mm lens on a full-frame camera would require what focal-length on an APS-C DSLR?
33.6
13mm
42mm
21mm
What does CMOS stand for?
Complemented metallic oxide sensor
Complex metallic oxide semiconductor
Calibrated metallic octagon sensor
Calibrated metal oxide sensor
Complementary
metal oxide semiconductor
ISO stands for...
Integrated Sensor Operation
International Standards Options
Illumination Sensitivity Output
International
Organization for Standardization
International Standard of Organization
A 12-bit image file has...
2048 discrete tonal levels
4096 discrete
tonal levels
1024 discrete tonal levels
A split prism is...
an element within a lens which inverts the incoming
light to upside-down, so it appears right-side-up in the viewfinder
a piece of glass in the camera which splits
incoming light to both the autofocus sensor and to the viewfinder
a glass screen
in the viewfinder that visually indicates when a manual lens is focused on a
specific focal point
a block of glass in the body of the camera which
refracts incoming light from the lens through the viewfinder
Who first demonstrated the three-color printing process in 1861?
Ducas du Hauron
George Eastman
James Clerk
Maxwell
Auguste and Louis Lumière
Herman Vogel
True or False: In order to achieve maximum Depth-of-Field, you should stop-down as much as possible and focus halfway between the closest and furthest subject.
False: you should focus at infinity and stop down
as much as possible.
True: depth of focus is linear and focus will be
equally sharp at equal distances before and beyond the focus point.
False: your best
focus point will be closer to the camera.
True: stopping down as much as possible will bring
everything into focus.
Which company first patented the film-less electronic camera?
Intel
Texas
Instruments
Nikon
Kodak
Canon
