Midterm

In what year did the first digital camera hit the market?

• 1993

• 1994

• 1991

• 1992

The Prosumer category of digital cameras is where it all comes together; affordable price, the size of the camera, interchangeable lenses and picture quality.

• True

• False

A big advantage of digital photography is the instant feedback a photographer gets by being able to view a photo immediately after pushing the shutter button. True or False?

• True

• False

The resolution of which device is expressed in dpi?

• none of the above

• the computer monitor

• the camera's sensor

• the printer

How many colors or tones is a camera capable of recording if it is working in a bit depth of 8?

• 4096

• 64

• 256

• 1024

When printing a photo with a modern ink-jet printer, the most bit depth possible is 8-bit. True or false?

• True

• False

Which color mode is best to use for images that will end up on an internet web-site?

• CMKY

• grayscale

• SGRB

• Adobe RGB

Which file format is best to shoot in if you want to record all the information that your camera's sensor sees?

• none of the above

• JPEG

• RAW

• TIFF

Which type of computer storage format compresses information every time you save it?

• TIFF

• RAW

• JPEG

• PSD

The less resolution an image contains; the better the quality of the final photo. True or false?

• True

• False