What Do You Like About Photography?
Do you know enough about photography? Take this quiz and find out!
- 1.When taking a picture with a digital camera, you can ensure it is well focused by doing what?
- A.
Aiming Carefully At Your Subject
- B.
Pressing The Shutter Release Button
- C.
Zooming In As Far As Possible
- D.
Pressing The Shutter Halfway First
- 2.In the abbreviation "SLR", what does the "R" stand for?
- A.
Reflex
- B.
Repeat
- C.
Recur
- D.
Rhythm
- 3.What is photographic shutter speed measured in?
- A.
Millimeters
- B.
Milliseconds
- C.
Seconds
- D.
Minutes
- 4.What type of metal is used to produce a daguerreotype photograph?
- A.
Silver
- B.
Copper
- C.
Gold
- D.
Mercury
- 5.A camera that has few or no adjustments to be made by the picture-taker is generally called a what?
- A.
Easy Camera
- B.
No Problem Camera
- C.
Simple Camera
- D.
Unintelligent Camera
- 6.What feature of a camera eliminates parallax error?
- A.
Red Eye Reduction Flash
- B.
Autofocus
- C.
Shutter Speed
- D.
Single Lens Reflex
- 7.On an overcast day, a photographer is likely to encounter what kind of lighting?
- A.
Soft Lighting
- B.
Easy Lighting
- C.
Hard Lighting
- D.
Bright Lighting
- 8.In photography, what word refers to film's sensitivity to light?
- A.
Exposures
- B.
Speed
- C.
Negative
- D.
Aperture
- 9.The first autofocus camera was marketed in what decade?
- A.
1930's
- B.
1950's
- C.
1970's
- D.
1990's
- 10.The first commercial color film, invented by the French Lumiere brothers in 1907, was called?
- A.
Autochrome Color Sheets
- B.
Photo Film
- C.
Autochrome Plates
- D.
Color Sheets
- 11.What is the compensation for the color temperature associated with a given set of lighting conditions?
- A.
Focal Length
- B.
ISO Speed
- C.
Shutter Speed
- D.
White Balance
- 12.Which lens has a focal length that is substantially shorter than the focal length of a normal lens?
- A.
Autofocus Lens
- B.
Single-Lens Reflex
- C.
Wide-Angle Lens
- D.
Telephoto Lens
- 13.Who created the first photograph on paper of a human figure in 1840?
- A.
Alexander Hesler
- B.
George N. Barnard
- C.
Edward Anthony
- D.
William Henry Fox Talbot
- 14.The word "photography" is derived from words in Greek which mean "light" and what else?
- A.
Picture
- B.
Image
- C.
Copy
- D.
Writing
- 15.Which company makes the "Vario Tessar" line of camera lenses?
- A.
Kodak
- B.
Hasselblad
- C.
Leica
- D.
Zeiss
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