Photo final

What is the file extension for a RAW file?

.cr2, .dng, .nef

What is the order of whole stop increments of shutter speed

1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2

Which of the following shutter speeds would require the use of a tripod to avoid camera shake

1/15

Which of the following shutter speeds is a full stop increment.

1/60

Which of the following shutters speeds is a partial half shutter speed?

1/750

Of the following shutter speeds, which one allows the most amount of light to reach the sensor?

1/8

The built-in flash of your camera generally has a useful range of about _____ feet or less.

10-15

Point-and-shoot camera lenses need approximately what focal length for a "normal" view

15mm

An 18 Megapixel camera can capture and process up to

18,000,000 pixels per image

Which of the following lenses would be considered a prime lens?

18-135mm, 18-55mm and 50mm

On a given camera, which of the following lenses would provide the widest angle of view

18mm

If your aperture was set to f/5.6 and you need to "give" your exposure one more stop, that means you would need to change your f-stop setting to f/____

4

T or F..A shutter speed of 1/8 is considered a "fast" shutter speed.

False

Which of the following is NOT a lossless compression file type?

JPEG

Which of the following lists the actual physical sensor size in order from smallest to largest?

Point-and-shoot, Micro-four-thirds, APS-C, Full-frame

Which of the following is an autoexposure mode?

Program, shutter priority, apature priority

File Formats

RAW and JPEG

memory cards

SD and CF

What are levels on a histogram

Sliding arrows at bottom

Which of the following statements is true

The number of images that a 16GB memory card can hold depends on the selected file format, image size, and camera's megapixel rating

T of F..In low light, you will generally need a slow shutter speed.

True

T or F..The A/AV mode on your camera sets the shutter speed automatically for you.

True

If you want to shoot in a shutter-speed priority mode, which of the following shooting modes allows you to do this?

Tv of S

The slow shutter sync option allows you to combine the flash with _______ light.

background

___________ and diffusing flash are ways to broaden the flash output and make it appear softer.

bouncing

Making three or more exposures of a scene at a range of f-stop and shutter speed setting is known as _________.

bracketing

If you were going to be photographing a scene under extremely low light, which of the following settings would you most likely need to utilize?

bulb

The two types of movements you can capture with your camera include subject movement and ___________ movement. (One six-letter word.)

camera

Lenses that have technologies designated as IS, VR, OS, or VC are helpful in reducing

camera shake

The Kelvin scale is related to which characteristic of light?

color

The overall color bias of a photograph is known as ________.

colorcast

The instrument that measures color when calibrating a monitor is known as a ________

colorimeter

3200K

continuous lighting

hot lights

continuous lighting

photofloods

continuous lighting

The difference between the highlights and the shadows of a scene is known as __________.

contrast

The primary advantage of a zoom lens is:

convenience

In sports photography, the number of frames (pictures) taken in a short period of time is generally measured in

frames per second

A shutter speed of 1/15 lets in light for ___________as much time as 1/8.

half

If you take a meter reading and don't want it to change when you adjust your composition, you can lock it in by setting your camera to _________.

AEL

Focus modes

AF and MF

Subject lighting settings

AWB

Which of the following color spaces has a larger color palette

Adobe RGB

DSLR cameras have

Automatic and manual controls, Interchangeable lenses, through the lens viewing

A fast shutter speed would be needed for

Bright subject lighting

In camera menus, jpegs can be set from large to small, or from a lower to higher...

Compression

camera type

DSLR

image sensor size

DX and FX

What is important for an autoexposure mode?

ISO, Lens apature, Shutter speed, subject lightening

In camera terms, aspect ratios such as 4:3 , 3:2, or 16:9 are describing

Image proportion

data transfer rate

MB/s

What exposure modes requires you to set the f-stop and shutter speed independently of one another.

Manual

Spot metering

Metering from a particular area of the image that you have selected

Point-and-Shoot cameras are capable of taking excellent pictures, unless...

You are photographing fast moving subjects, you plan on making very large prints and you are photographing in odd lighting

In a backlighting situation, the overall exposure may be well exposed, but the subject will be too ________.

dark

The brightness of an image in image-editing software can also be referred to as exposure and ________

density

The amount of color information in an image files is known as bit ...

depth

How deep the focus goes in a photograph, from a scene's foreground to background, is known as

depth of field

If you are trying to emphasize the surface texture of a subject, the characteristic of light you should manipulate is the light _________.

direction

When changing the aperture setting from f/11 to f/8, how much more/less light passes through the lens?

double the amount

What metering mode is the default for most cameras?

evaluative

The double and halving incremental term "stop" refers to

f-stops, ISO and shutter speeds

If all other variables were equal (camera-type, lens, focal length), which of the following apertures would provide the greatest depth of field (a lot of sharpness from front-to-back)

f/22

T of F..Shutter speed 1/500 lets in half the amount of light compared to 1/1000.

false

The primary factor in determining the image quality of YOUR camera is in which of the following settings

file format

Red-eye in photographs is often caused by the built-in flash of a camera because the built-in flash is:

firing at the subject from the same direction as the lens

Which of the following factors affect depth of field in an image

focusing distance, focal length, lens aperature

A lens that allows you to focus very close to your subject is known as a

macro lens

Excessive image noise can be caused by:

high ISO and underexposure

A way to more accurately determine if your exposure is correct than the LCD screen is to examine the image's _________.

histogram

The bracket located above the lends on top of the camera that a flash fits into is known as a _____ shoe.

hot

The occurrence of grain-like and textured color specks that appear in underexposed images and images shot at a high ISO is known as

image noise

A DSLR's shutter is located

in the front of the sensor

The biggest drawback of the JPEG file type is the

information lost in compression

One of the potential drawbacks of working with a wide-angle lens is:

it may produce a curved distribution

Another name for the main light source in a studio setup is the _____ light.

key

An image's shadow information on a histogram is found on the _______side.

left

A lens hood helps to prevent

lens flare

A UV filter is considered which type of filter?

lens-protecting

When you push a camera's shutter button halfway down, it will activate both the autofocus (unless its on manual focus) and the camera's ________.

light meter

You will get the best image quality results by setting your ISO to as ________ as the light allows.

low

The white-balance menu options allow you to

match the image sensor to the color of your subject lighting

A lens that is designated as an 18-to-200 mm f3.5-6.3 is know to have a variable __________ aperture.

maximum

SD (Secure Digital) and CF (Compact Flash) are types of

memory cards

To adjust the overall brightness of a picture on a curve, where should you adjust the line from?

middle

A megapixel refers to:

one million pixels

Shutter speed and aperture are said to have a recripocal relationship because by adjusting one setting in a particular direction, you can adjust the other in the __________ direction to deliver an equivalent exposure. `

opposite

A method of creating blur to freeze a moving subject while blurring the rest of the scene is known as: (a seven letter word ending in "g".)

panning

Probably the most important factor in determining the overall potential picture quality of a camera is its

physical size of image sensor

Ppi stands for _________.

pixels per inch

Which of the following filters can be used to remove reflections from smooth surfaces?

polarizing filter

Light ________ can be described as either "hard" or "soft".

quality

The meter in your camera is a

reflective light meter and incident light meter

Sometimes a _________ can be used in place of a second light to create a fill light.

reflector

In addition to a tripod or monopod, another item that can be used to reduce camera shake is a shutter or cable ________. (one word)

release

Changing the actual amount of pixels in your image file is known as

resampling

The amount of pixels contained in your image is known as its

resolution

The intensity or richness of a color is its ____

saturation

Formatting a memory card when it is in your camera

should be done periodically, will set the card to your specific camera's standards, will permanently delete pictures on card.

The problem of the delay between hitting the shutter button and capturing the image is called

shutter lag

Which of the following factors determine exposure

shutter speed, iso and aperture

The shooting mode that requires that you press the shutter every time you want to take a picture is known as:

single-shot mode

Using a lower ISO setting requires a _________ shutter speed than a higher ISO setting.

slower

Changing the focus mode on your camera to continuous focus (or Al Servo) would be a good idea when photographing what subject?

sports

5000-6000K

strobe lighting

battery pack or powerpack

strobe lighting

A flash must always ______ with the camera's shutter.

sync

What type of lens inherently produces the shallowest depth of field?

telephoto

The greatest advantage of Program mode over Full Automatic is:

the ability to turn the flash on and off, to change ISO and to control autoexposure copensation

Why does the author of the textbook describe the f-stop numbers as "counterintuitive"?

the higher the number, the smaller the opening

Why is it inherently difficult to achieve an image with shallow depth of field with a point-and-shoot camera?

the image sensor size is small

The autofocus function on cameras often has difficulty focusing on images that contain mostly snow, sand, or sky because

they lack inherent contrast

On a curve, the highlights are located in the:

top right

Most cameras include what information in the METADATA?

total amount of pixels, date and time pic was taken, and exposure settings

If you want to capture motion blur in a photograph, but have the stationary subject areas remain sharp, the best method to achieve this is to use a __________. (one six-letter word)

tripod

t or f.. Bouncing flash is one way to make the light quality softer.

true

A fisheye lens is an extreme type of _______ lens.

ultrawide

If your exposure has "clipped" the shadows, your exposure may be

underexposed

Too little light reaching the image sensor will cause _________, resulting in a dark picture. (The answer is one thirteen-letter word.)

underexposure

The f-stops 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22 are known as

whole f-stops