Camera 101

Question 1

When operating the camera, should the locks for pan and tilt on the tripod be open or closed?

Answer 1

Open

Question 2

True or false: pans are better than a wide shot in a news story.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

True or false: it doesn’t matter what way you mount the camera onto the tripod.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

What are the ways of seeing through your camera?

Answer 4

Viewfinder and eye piece

Question 5

True or false: You can’t use the viewfinder and eye piece at the same time

Answer 5

True

Question 6

How do you adjust the focus of the eye piece?

Answer 6

There’s a switch underneath it.

Question 7

True or false: You really only need to use the viewfinder.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Where can you find the information for the camera’s default settings?

Answer 8

On the flaps of the camera bag.

Question 9

What’s the default setting for the shutter?

Answer 9

1/60

Question 10

At what level should the tripod be?

Answer 10

At eye level

Question 11

Should you shoot in manual or automatic?

Answer 11

Manual

Question 12

Should focus button be set to manual or automatic?

Answer 12

Manual

Question 13

Should Iris be in STD or manual?

Answer 13

Manual

Question 14

Fill in the blanks of the lens rings:
Furthest: _______
Middle: ________
Closest: _______

Answer 14

Furthest: focus
Middle: Zoom
Closest: Iris

Question 15

What should you expose for?

Answer 15

The subject

Question 16

When do you white balance?

Answer 16

Every time the light changes.

Question 17

Where should you hold the white balance card?

Answer 17

Where the subject is.

Question 18

What does iris control?

Answer 18

Exposure

Question 19

How much of white balance card should be in the frame?

Answer 19

60 per cent

Question 20

True or false: You should use the preset channel for white balance.

Answer 20

False. Use A channel.

Question 21

Where is the AWB button located?

Answer 21

Under the camera lens.

Question 22

When focusing, what should you zoom in on?

Answer 22

The eyes.

Question 23

True or false: Always focus after you compose the shot.

Answer 23

False. Focus first, then zoom out and compose.

Question 24

What does exposure control?

Answer 24

Brightness.

Question 25

What does the focus assist button do?

Answer 25

It outlines in red what is really in focus. The more red, the more in focus the image.

Question 26

What Zebra setting do we use?

Answer 26

Zebra1 @ 70% (He said 80% in class, though)

Question 27

What does zebra do?

Answer 27

Helps with exposure. It puts lines on the image to show the brightest point of the image. If your image is too exposed or underexposed, you begin to lose detail.

Question 28

How much zebra do we want?

Answer 28

Only a little bit.

Question 29

What Gain setting do we use?

Answer 29

0 dB/off

Question 30

What does gain do?

Answer 30

Makes image brighter.

Question 31

If you’re shooting outside on a bright, sunny winter’s day. What camera setting/button might you need to help control the exposure?

Answer 31

The ND filter.

Question 32

What does the ND filter do?

Answer 32

Darkens the image.

Question 33

What should you do to the SD card every time you use it?

Answer 33

Format it.