Camera Operations

Question 1

Your digital camera should have a Megapixel rating above…

Answer 1

6

Question 2

What does DSLR stand for?

Answer 2

Digital single lens reflex

Question 3

What is the defining feature of a DSLR?

Answer 3

Detachable lens that offers many options

Question 4

Should photography be done in manual or automatic mode?

Answer 4

Manual

Question 5

Hot spots (bright areas) are bad because…

Answer 5

They distract the viewer

Question 6

The opening in the lens that limits the amount of light passing through.

Answer 6

What is aperture?

Question 7

What is the unit of measure for aperture?

Answer 7

F-stop

Question 8

What is the relationship between opening size, f-stop, and depth of field?

Answer 8

Smaller f-stop = larger opening = shallower DoF

Question 9

Variable range, from foreground to background, of what appears to be in sharp focus.

Answer 9

What is depth of field?

Question 10

What effect does macro have on depth of field?

Answer 10

Drastically reduces DoF

Question 11

Amount of time shutter stays open measured in fractions of a second.

Answer 11

What is shutter speed?

Question 12

What is the relationship between shutter speed and amount of light allowed in?

Answer 12

Faster shutter speed = less light

Question 13

Faster shutter speeds allow you to…

Answer 13

Freeze movement

Question 14

Slower shutter speeds allow you to capture…

Answer 14

Blur

Question 15

What is the tripod rule for shutter speed?

Answer 15

Any shutter speed slower than 1/60 requires a camera to be put on a tripod

Question 16

What does ISO stand for?

Answer 16

International Organization for Standardization

Question 17

What does ISO control in terms of shutter and aperture?

Answer 17

How the sensor responds to light it receives from shutter and aperture

Question 18

What does a high ISO mean?

Answer 18

Brighter picture = more noise

Question 19

Brighter pictures with greater amounts of noise show that the sensor is { } sensitive to light.

Answer 19

More

Question 20

As a rule of thumb for ISO, doubled number equals…

Answer 20

Doubled brightness

Question 21

For class, what ISO range should you strive for?

Answer 21

400 or below

Question 22

This feature is how a camera determines the correct shutter speed and aperture.

Answer 22

What is metering?

Question 23

Bracketing refers to…

Answer 23

Exposure

Question 24

Underexposed photos have { } values while overexposed photos have positive values.

Answer 24

Negative

Question 25

Does the camera’s flash typically reach far enough on its own?

Answer 25

No

Question 26

What mode should the external flash be used in?

Answer 26

Through-the-lens (TTL)

Question 27

The external flash’s auto mode that determines how much light to burst.

Answer 27

What is TTL mode?

Question 28

What is the purpose of fill flash?

Answer 28

Fill shaded areas

Question 29

For what 2 circumstances will a tripod be needed?

Answer 29

1) Shutter speed slower than 1/60
2) Photographing impression evidence