photography

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A 24 mm-300 mm zoom lens has a zoom range of _____.

10x

In the year ______, George Eastman revolutionized photography by introducing the roll film camera.

1888

When used on a camera with a full-frame sensor, a(n) _____ mm lens approximates the angle of view of human vision.

50mm

Most consumer-level digital cameras use ____ sensors.

APS-C size

__________ An enclosed space with a pinhole opening (later a lens) on one side that projected an image of the scene outside onto a movable screen or wall, where it could be traced onto paper or canvas.

Camera Obscura

The amount of light reaching the camera's film plane or sensor is controlled by a combination of aligned and shutter speed.

False

The photographic terms positive and negative were introduced by ________?

John Herschel

Which of the following statements about mirrorless cameras is false?

Mirrorless cameras have a pentaprism.

A photographic philosophy that grew up in opposition to the sentimental nineteenth century pictorialist movement. Its adherents believed in straight photography, which attempted to show natural subjects in their actual surroundings.

Naturalistic Photography

By 2006, the largest number of digital photographic prints was being produced _______.

at retail stores

When photographing pet's it is recommended to use the flash to capture their features.

false

When photographing your pet, the location doesn't mater in putting your animal at ease.

false

A major characteristic of the pinhole image is _______ depth of field?

infinite

Developed in 1812, the first lens intended specifically for camera use was the _____ lens.

meniscus

_________ is a device that gives the viewer of a photograph the illusion of depth? *

stereoscope

With fill flash, the lighting of the subject appears natural rather than giving the appearance of a flash picture.

true

All of the following are specialty lenses, except _____.

wide-angle

A school of photographic thought that was dedicated to selecting, or abstracting, one characteristic or element of a subject and making it the main focus of the image is _______? *

Abstractionism

A glass negative placed over a black backing material that changed the appearance of the negative into a positive so that it resembled a daguerreotype is ________?

Ambrotype

A nineteenth century photographic movement that created photographs conveying sentimental or morally instructive themes in an attempt to resemble the popular taste in painting is called_________?

Pictorialism

A symmetrical lens corrects for _____.

barrel distortion

Basic rules for all pet photography:

be calm and relax

Active Autofocus is when the camera is out of focus from a subject moving too fast for the selected shutter speed to stop its motion.

false

Digital cameras out sold film cameras for the first time in 2007?

false

Raw files are often described as being the same as a photographic positive; after downloading from the camera, adjustments can be made to elements such as contrast, color, tonality, and more without compromise to the original file.

false

The cellulose acetate used as a base for early film was highly flammable?

false

The first recorded use of digital photography was at the 1994 Olympic Games.

false

True or False? Digital zoom is a desirable feature for most photographers.

false

True or False? Lens flare causes the image to look underexposed.

false

When photographing your pet, you do not need eye contact.

false

A tintype image is more properly called a(n)_____?

ferrotype

A lens with an angle of view greater than 100° that shows considerable barrel distortion is referred to as a(n) _____ lens.

fish-eye

The dry plate process, developed by Richard Leach Maddox, substituted a(n) ______ emulsion for the collodion base used in wet-plate photography.

gelatin

The term faster, when applied to photographic film, means _________?

more light sensitive

Which of the following is not one of the camera's three interaction systems?

mounting/support system

The focal length of lenses used on most digital SLR cameras appears to increase by approximately 1 1/2 times. This is called the _____ effect.

multiplier

In an SLR camera, light entering the lens passes through a(n) ______ that corrects the inverted and reversed image for viewing.

pentaprism

Newspapers, magazines, and other media outlets hire __ to provide still pictures and video daily.

photojournalist

A camera with a through-the-lens reflex viewing system uses the same lens for viewing and taking picture.

true

A concave lens causes light rays to diverge.

true

Advanced compact digital cameras with exceptionally wide zoom ranges are categorized as superzooms.

true

Digital cameras have either CCD or CMOS senors.

true

Environmental portraits are typically made with ambient light

true

Focal Plane Shutters is light control device located in the camera body, just in front of the film.

true

Getting down on your pets level means you enter their world and get a glimpse of what life looks like from their angle.

true

It's recommended when shooting pets to use continuous tracking focus and shoot in short quick bursts.

true

Large format digital cameras introduced in the 1990s could not be used to capture images of moving subjects?

true

Orthochromatic film is not responsive to red light?

true

Parallax error can be a problem when a twin-lens reflex (TLR) camera is used to take a close-up photo.

true

Studio lighting can be as simple as a single light, or as complex as a setup involving three, four, or even more light sources.

true

True or False? A front-focusing design is used for most telephoto lenses.

true

True or False? As the focal length increases, the angle of view becomes narrower.

true

True or False? The aplanatic lens was developed to correct for spherical aberration.

true

When photographing your pet, the first thing you start with is understanding your pets personality.

true

When taking pictures the photographer should be aware of the lighting and environment.

true


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