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Exposure Flashcards

1
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What is the aperture in a camera?

A

The hole inside the camera lens that lets light in. Acts like an iris.

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What is the shutter in a camera?

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A device that allows light to pass for a determined amount of time to an exposed sensor to capture an image. It is constructed to automatically close after a certain time interval.

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What is the definition of Exposure?

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Exposure is the balance of lighting and settings in the camera.

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4
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What is an underexposed photo?

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A photo that is too dark.

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What is an overexposed photo?

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A photo that is too bright.

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What is the Exposure Triangle?

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The Exposure Triangle is aperture, shutter speed and ISO.

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What does a wide open aperture produce?

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  • Shallow depth of field - “bokeh”
  • Brighter image
  • Good for portraits
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What does a smaller aperture produce?

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  • Focus throughout scene
  • Darker image
  • Good for landscapes
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9
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What does F/1 mean?

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Large aperture, wide open

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What does F/16 mean?

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Smaller aperture, pinhole

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11
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What does the aperture control?

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  • Light

* Depth of field

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12
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What does a faster shutter speed produce?

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  • Freezing of action
  • Darker image
  • Good for sports, animals moving
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What does a slower shutter speed produce?

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  • Blurring of action
  • Brighter image
  • Good for waterfalls, night photography
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14
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What does shutter speed control?

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  • Light

* Action and movement

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15
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What does 1/30 shutter speed mean?

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  • One thirtieth of a second

* Slower

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16
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What does 1/8000 shutter speed mean?

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  • One 8000 of a second

* Faster

17
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What does increasing ISO produce?

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  • Increased exposure

* Brighter image

18
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What does decreasing ISO produce?

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  • Decreased exposure

* Darker image

19
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What does ISO control?

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  • Light

* Exposure

20
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What does ISO 100 mean?

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  • Not light sensitive

* Best for outdoors

21
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What does ISO 6400 mean?

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  • Very light sensitive

* Best for low light situations

22
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What are metering modes?

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The ways in which a camera determines exposure.

23
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What is the Matrix/Evaluative metering mode?

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  • Standard setting
  • Camera reads exposure from all areas of the frame
  • Good for shooting events or diverse light situations
24
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What is the Spot Metering mode?

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• Camera reads exposure from a single focus point

25
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What is Center-weighted metering mode?

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  • Camera reads exposure from the center of your frame and surrounding areas
  • Best for portraits
26
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What is exposure bracketing?

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Taking multiple shots of the same image in order to find the optimum single shot for exposure.

27
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What is HDR (High Dynamic Range)?

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A post processing technique of layering photos of different exposures to create the perfectly exposed picture.

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