Camera: How Much Do You Know About Photography? Trivia Quiz
Test your basic knowledge of photography. How Much Do You Know About Photography? Pictures are very powerful, and they can tell a story just by looking at them. Do you know how to take a good picture and the different cameras at your disposal? Do take this exciting quiz and get to see just how skilled you are when it comes to perfect photographs.
- 1.F2.8 @ 60th/sec ISO 100 is equal to f4 @ ____/sec ISO 200.
- A.
15th
- B.
1 second
- C.
80th
- D.
200th
- E.
60th
- 2.ISO 100 is ____ sensitive to light than ISO 800.
- A.
3 stops more
- B.
3 stops less
- C.
2.5 stops more
- D.
1 stop less
- E.
4 stops less
- 3."The decisive moment" is a quote attributed to...
- A.
Mark Seliger
- B.
Joe McNally
- C.
Mary Ellen Mark
- D.
David Jay
- E.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
- 4.Doubling flash power gains ____
- A.
One stop more of light
- B.
Two stops more of light
- C.
Increases intensity
- D.
Decreases intensity but adds distance
- E.
Half a stop of light
- 5.Depth of field is controlled by which three variables?
- A.
Aperture
- B.
Focal length
- C.
ISO
- D.
Camera to subject distance
- E.
Subject to background distance
- 6.TTL stands for
- 7.For a full-frame 35mm based camera system, which lens gives you the perspective most like what your eye sees?
- A.
24mm
- B.
28mm
- C.
35mm
- D.
50mm
- E.
85mm
- 8.What are the three most common professional camera formats?
- A.
35mm
- B.
Medium format
- C.
APS
- D.
Hasselblad, Nikon, Canon
- E.
Large format
- 9.If you want to compress the perspective of the subject and background in your photograph you would most likely _____
- A.
Use a faster shutter speed
- B.
Use a slower shutter speed
- C.
Shoot with a 200mm lens
- D.
Shoot with a 24mm lens
- E.
Decrease your aperture
- 10.__________ is the photographer who is widely known for their B&W portraits against a white background shot in the southwest in the late '70s and early '80s.
- A.
Gordon Parks
- B.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
- C.
Herb Ritts
- D.
Richard Avedon
- E.
Annie Liebowitz
- 11.What is one of the most foundational rules of composition?
- A.
Frame within a frame
- B.
Rule of fifths
- C.
Rule of thirds
- D.
Head in a clean spot
- E.
Diagonal lines
- 12.F5.6 @ 250th/sec ISO 400 is one stop less of light then f____ @ 250th/sec ISO 100
- A.
2
- B.
6.3
- C.
5.6
- D.
8
- E.
4
- 13.Fill in the missing blanks (in order) 2 - __ - 4 - __ - 8 - __ - 16 - 22 - __
- A.
2.5 / 5.6 / 11 / 24
- B.
2.2 / 5.6 / 10 / 34
- C.
2.8 / 4.5 / 11 / 32
- D.
2.8 / 5.6 / 11 / 32
- E.
3.5 / 5 / 11 / 28
- 14.F11 @ 8th ISO 100 =
- A.
F11 @ 15th ISO 50
- B.
F2.8 @ 15th ISO 400
- C.
F8 @ 15th ISO 100
- D.
F22 @ 1 sec ISO 100
- E.
F16 @ 4th ISO 100
- 15.Aperture is also known as
- A.
Depth of field
- B.
Focus plane
- C.
F stop
- D.
Sync
- E.
Priority
- 16.In aperture priority mode you set the ______ and the camera sets the _______
- A.
Aperture / ISO
- B.
Aperture / shutter speed
- C.
Aperture / focal length
- D.
Aperture / f stop
- E.
Aperture / white balance
- 17.In theory, a camera that has shooting modes like portrait, landscape, night, sports, and macro, the ____ and ____ modes should result in the exact same camera settings. (in theory)
- A.
Portrait / landscape
- B.
Sports / portrait
- C.
Macro / landscape
- D.
Night / macro
- E.
Sports / landscape
- 18.The color of light is measured in
- A.
Stops
- B.
Degrees kelvin
- C.
Cc's
- D.
Bokeh
- E.
Sync
- 19.A ______ is something that can be placed between the sun and the subject to diffuse the light.
- A.
Flag
- B.
Reflector
- C.
Softbox
- D.
Scrim
- E.
Cutter
- 20.The three main metering modes available on most modern-day DSLRs are
- A.
Spot
- B.
Center weighted
- C.
70/30
- D.
Evaluative
- E.
TTL
- 21.The camera that landed on the moon was made by...
- A.
Hasselblad
- B.
Nikon
- C.
Canon
- D.
Mamiya
- E.
Leica
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